Guide to the Monuments on Lydford and NW of Dartmoor

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Lydford and NW of Dartmoor

Lydford and NW of Dartmoor Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Lydford and NW of Dartmoor

Gallows Hill Cairn

OS Map: SX 51204 85223
NMR record: SX 58 NW 17
HER record: MDV4646
ShortName: CN:GallowsHill
Grinsell: LYD 3
Nearby sites: SX51208522

Galford Down Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 47930 85800
NMR record: SX 48 NE 9
HER record: MDV1610
ShortName: CN:GalfordDown
Grinsell: LEW 1
Barrow Report: 17 21
Notes: A dilapidated and unopened cairn
Nearby sites: SX47938580

Crossheath Barrow Long Cairn

OS Map: SX 51480 88080
NMR record: SX 58 NW 10
HER record: MDV4650
ShortName: CN:Crossheath
Grinsell: BRID 1
Notes: The earthworks of a mound were alleged to represent the remains of a ploughed down barrow - maybe remains of natural clay capping.
Nearby sites: SX51488808

Higher Eworthy, NE of Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 44890 95440
NMR record: SX 49 NW 11
HER record: MDV1687
ShortName: CN:HighEworthy
Grinsell: GER 2
Notes: A bowl barrow located on an upland ridge, north east of Higher Eworthy.
Nearby sites: SX44899544

Yeworthy Barrow Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 44470 95780
NMR record: SX 49 NW 9
HER record: MDV1685
ShortName: CN:Yeworthy
Grinsell: GER 1
Notes: A bowl barrow situated on the summit of a hill overlooking the valley of a tributary to the River Wolf.
Nearby sites: SX44479578

Broadbury 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 47860 95920
NMR record: SX 49 NE 7
HER record: MDV1703
ShortName: CN:Broadbury 1
Grinsell: BRA 1
Notes: NMR A
Nearby sites: SX47869592

Broadbury 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 47990 95800
NMR record: SX 49 NE 7
HER record: MDV1702
ShortName: CN:Broadbury 2
Grinsell: BRA 2
Notes: NMR B
Nearby sites: SX47999580

Wadland Down Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 51630 95470
NMR record: SX 59 NW 7
HER record: MDV3628
ShortName: CN:WadlandDn 1
Grinsell: ASHBURY 1
Notes: A bowl barrow
Nearby sites: SX51639547

East Combe Common 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 48800 96800
NMR record: SX 49 NE 1
HER record: MDV1701
ShortName: CN:East Comb 1
Grinsell: NOR 1
Notes: Quite small, stands in pasture field, which at one time must have been arable, as the mound appears to be almost levelled by ploughing. No trace of surrounding ditch.
Nearby sites: SX48809680

East Combe Common 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 48810 96820
NMR record: SX 49 NE 8
HER record: MDV56198
ShortName: CN:East Comb 2
Grinsell: NOR 1a
Notes: A flat topped bowl barrow. No trace of a ditch. Condition good though somewhat spread by ploughing. Now under pasture.
Nearby sites: SX48819682

East Kimber Common 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 49260 97310
NMR record: SX 49 NE 2
HER record: MDV14193
ShortName: CN:East Kimb 1
Grinsell: NOR 2
Notes: A vague unsurveyable circular ground swelling approx diameter 22m, height 2m, which may possibly represent a ploughed out barrow. Situated in pasture, just below a hill crest, overlain by farm track (os)
Nearby sites: SX49269731

East Kimber Common 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 49300 97300
NMR record: SX 49 NE 2
HER record: MDV60412
ShortName: CN:East Kimb 2
Grinsell: NOR 2a
Notes: Bowl barrow on east kimber common, 670m w of stoney.
Nearby sites: SX49309730

Lydford E. Fort

OS Map: SX 51200 84700
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV104685
ShortName: FT:Lydford E
Notes: HER: Site of a possible Iron Age promontory hillfort on the east side of Lydford
Nearby sites: SX51208470