Yellowmead Down 3 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5748 6813
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX57516813
HER: MDV20141
Alternate name: Yellowmead Down 3
Short Name: CN:Yellowmd 3
Butler map: 47.14.3
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 5748 6813
Guide Map: 42
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (4.2 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 5748 6813
Notes
HER: Circular earthen mound 7.0 metres in diameter (up to 0.9 metres high) with a scrub covering near the hill crest. The position of the feature suggests its possibility as a barrow, but dumping cannot be ruled out.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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)