Wittaburrow Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 73353 75214
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV7537
Megalithic Portal: 32069
Alternate name: Wittaburrow
Short Name: CN:Wittaburrow
Butler map: 9.9.1
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 15
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 22.0
Lidar: SX 73353 75214
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Widecombe in the Moor Car Park (2.2 km) [Route: 271]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (4.2 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 73353 75214
Notes
"A large stony round cairn, south of Wittaburrow. The mound has a 25 metre diameter at base, but the structure has been much altered, probably robbed, and is now quite low in places. A ‘bite-shaped’ section is missing from the main mound on the south-eastern side where a smaller cairn, which is unlikely to be an original feature, stands within the original spread of the monument. Two large hollows have been dug into the main mound which, overall, survives in a very uneven state."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)
- Chudleigh, J, An Exploration of Dartmoor's Antiquities, (1892)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2015)
- Wall, J. Charles, Ancient Earthworks, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 pp.573-630 (1906)