White Hill S.W.5 Cairn
Photo taken on 18-04-2026
Database entries
OS Map: SX 53095 83650
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX53108365
HER: MDV21081
Alternate name: White Hill S.W.5
Short Name: CN:WhiteHiSW 5
Butler map: 32.22.5
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 10 13
Dimensions (m): c.10.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 53095 83650
Guide Map: 15
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmoor Inn (2.3 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 53095 83650
Notes
HER: Cairn of 13 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high within cairn cemetery on the south-west side of White Hill. A central hollow 3 metres long by 1 metre wide by 0.1 metres deep is probably the result of the 1888 excavation, which revealed a pan or basin containing ashes and charcoal. The ditch has been infilled over the years, but survives as 2.5 metres ring of enhanced grass growth.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.
- 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.N., Barrow Report 10, T.D.A. Vol.20 (1888)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 13, T.D.A. Vol.23 (1891)