Western Red Lake W. Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5639 8289
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV3571
Alternate name: Western Red Lake W.
Short Name: CN?WesternRed
Butler map: 32.19
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 18
Exist: Maybe
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 25
Dimensions (m): 1.2 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 5639 8289
Guide Map: 23
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmoor Inn (6.1 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 5639 8289
Notes
Not located. A small cairn was found by I K Anderson, near Homer Red Lake on 5th June, 1905. It was 4 feet in diameter and 2 feet high at the centre. There was no stone circle. Burnt earth was first found within one foot of the surface and afterwards more burnt earth, a good quantity of charcoal, some ash and one good worked flint with a remarkably sharp edge (a small semicircular scraper - R H Worth)References
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- Anderson, I. K. (Rev.), Eleventh Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.38 pp.101-113 (1906)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 25, T.D.A. Vol.38 pp.57-66 (1906)