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Dartmoor Site: Sharpitor W. (Peek Hill) Cairn Circle

Sharpitor W. (Peek Hill) Cairn Circle

Sharpitor W. (Peek Hill) Cairn Circle

Photo taken on 25-05-2015

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55056 70751
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV5011
Megalithic Portal: 52566
PMD: Sharpitor W Stone Row
Alternate name: Sharpitor W. stone row
Short Name: CC Sharpitor W
Butler map: 45.11
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 18
DPD page: 20
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.9 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 55056 70751
Nearby sites: SX 55056 70751

Notes

"The cairn lies on a gentle sw slope ne of horseyeatt farm, with a stone row see sx57se/141 running sw from it. The cairn is about 7m in diameter and 0.6m height, partly turf-covered, with a central hollow. The visible set stones within the cairn suggest two or three underlying concentric stone circles. These stones have a maximum height of 0.2m and are predominantly set with their long axes tangential to the circle". Lethbridge pp.19-20, diagram p.19.

References

These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.

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