Wigford Down 11 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55060 65021
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX55056502
HER: MDV12718
Alternate name: Wigford Down 11
Short Name: CN:Wigford11
Butler map: 48.1.11
Grinsell: MEAVY 6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 55060 65021
Guide Map: 46
Nearest Bus Stop: Shaugh Prior White Thorn Inn (2.7 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 55060 65021
Notes
HER: One of three scheduled round cairns that lie outside the coaxial field system on Wigford Down and survive as circular mounds. This cairn measures 7.0 metres in diameter by 0.3 metres in height. All three show evidence for either partial early excavation or robbing.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)