Blackaton Down N. Cairn
Photo taken on 19-08-2017
Database entries
OS Map: SX 70683 79094
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV7413
Megalithic Portal: 16633
Alternate name: Blackaton Down N.
Short Name: CN Blackaton N
Butler map: 20.12.1
Butler Vol 5: p.193 & Fig.137
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 13.0 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 70683 79094
Guide Map: 29
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Widecombe in the Moor Car Park (3.4 km) [Route: 271]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Warren House Inn (3.7 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 70683 79094
Notes
The earthwork remains of two Bronze Age cairns. 'B' is a cairn 42 feet in diameter and 3 feet high. Cairn with small hollow towards centre. Butler Volume 1 Map 20.12.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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)