Lower Cator Clearance Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 68420 75800
OS Source: Butler
HER: MDV26442
Alternate name: Lower Cator
Short Name: CN?Lower Cator
Butler map: 17.2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c.5.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 68420 75800
Guide Map: 36
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (3.6 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 68420 75800
Notes
Round House reused as a clearance cairn. Butler. A cairn, with a trench across the centre, lies at the middle of a field between these huts, trimmed to a pear shape by ploughing around the edges.HER quoting Butler: Lower Cator Prehistoric setlement includes this hut circle with a diameter of circa 6 metres with its lower half filled with clearance stones. a few slabs surround this hut. Other details: Map 17, Site 2.
References
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- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)