Kings Barrow Cairn
Photo taken on 21-06-2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 70927 81449
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV8743
Alternate name: Kings Barrow
Short Name: CN KingsBarrow
Butler map: 20.6
Grinsell: NORTH BOVEY 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 21.0 x 2.0
Lidar: SX 70927 81449
Guide Map: 29
Nearest Bus Stop: Batworthy Miniature Pony Centre (4.4 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 70927 81449
Notes
Large circular cairn. Largely grassed over but head-sized granite boulders visible. No remains of kerb visible, but there is a slight trace of an encircling ditch. The centre of the barrow has been robbed.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.
- Bate, C Spence, Researches into Some Antient Tumuli on Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.5 pp.549-58 (1872)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Wall, J. Charles, Ancient Earthworks, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 pp.573-630 (1906)