Brake Corner 1 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 7022 7170
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV8030
Alternate name: Brake Corner 1
Short Name: CN?Brake 1
Butler map: 11.1.1
Turner: A17
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 13.5 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 7022 7170
Guide Map: 41
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (0.7 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 7022 7170
Notes
Hut circle at brake corner. HER: A circular enclosure bounded by a bank consisting of small stone. Part of the interior has been filled in with cleared field stones. there is no trace of an entrance. Certain identification of the feature as a hut circle could not be made. No orthostats are visible and the construction using small stones is unusual for a hut. The exposed situation on the crest of a spur is more appropriate to a cairn but the walling, at best about 0.4 m. high, appears too regular for a cairn rimReferences
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.1: The East, (1991)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Wall, J. Charles, Ancient Earthworks, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 pp.573-630 (1906)