Giants Hill 2 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 59311 66696
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX59316669
HER: MDV3350
Alternate name: Giants Hill 2
Short Name: CN:GiantsHill2
Butler map: 49.14.2
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 14
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 59311 66696
Guide Map: 48
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (6.4 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 59311 66696
Notes
HER: Cairn consists of a mound of turf-covered stones 5.0m in diameter and 0.5m high. In the centre is a 1.0m square depression 0.4m deep. Surveyed in 1977 and 2002. No evidence to suggest the former presence of a cist or retaining kerb. The central hollow appears to be a result of military activity rather than an unrecorded antiquarian excavation.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)