Mardon Down S.E. of Giants Grave Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 26-01-2018
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Mardon Down Stone Circle & Cairns
OS Map: SX 76774 87432
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV8310
Megalithic Portal: 22315
Alternate name: Mardon Down Cairn 3
Short Name: CC Mardon 3
Butler Vol 5: p.147 & Fig.89
Grinsell: MORETONHAMPSTEAD 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 11.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 76774 87432
Nearby sites: SX 76774 87432
Notes
NMR C. Cairn 32.0 metres south-east of Giant's Grave. 11.0 metres diameter, 0.7 metres high with traces of a retaining circle on the south-west side.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.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, A Stone Circle and Cairn Group on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead, Devon An Earthwork Survey, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2017)