Hillson's House Cairn
Photo taken on 26-04-2011
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 63668 62292
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV4302
Megalithic Portal: 45592
Alternate name: Hillson's House
Short Name: CN Hillson Hse
Butler map: 54.18.7
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 22
DPD page: 69
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 20.0 x 2.0
Lidar: SX 63668 62292
Guide Map: 56
Nearest Bus Stop: Cornwood Crossways (5.5 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 63668 62292
Notes
Butler Cairn 7 (Vol 3 54.18). On the summit of Stalldown barrow is a large flat-toped cairn around 17.5m across. The cairn has been damaged by the construction of shelters within it - hence it is known as Hillson's House.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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Falcon, T.A., Dartmoor: A Note On Graves, T.D.A. Vol.37 pp.457-461 (1905)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Upper Erme Valley Dartmoor National Park Devon An Archaeological Survey, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)