Fernworthy Barrow C Cairn
Photo taken on 05-09-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65485 84047
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX65498405
HER: MDV14887
Megalithic Portal: 35829
Alternate name: Fernworthy 4
Short Name: CN Fernworth 4
Butler map: 35.15.4
Grinsell: LYDFORD 22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 65485 84047
Guide Map: 19
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Warren House Inn (4.8 km) [Route: 171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Postbridge Post Office (5.2 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 65485 84047
Notes
Newman Barrow C.Cairn forming part of the cermonial complex at Froggymeade. Sitated at the southern end of the eastern stone row to the south of Fernworthy stone circle. It was excavated in 1898 but had previously been disturbed. Only one small flint flake was found.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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.30 pp.97-115 (1898)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2013)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)