Quintins Man Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 62101 83872
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX62108386
HER: MDV6765
Alternate name: Quintins Man
Short Name: CN:Quintins 1
Butler map: 34.1
Grinsell: LYDFORD 15
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 20.1 x 1.83
Lidar: SX 62101 83872
Guide Map: 18
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Post Office (7.4 km) [Route: 98,171]
Nearby sites: SX 62101 83872
Notes
"Quintin's man; the placename seems to indicate the existence of a menhir, but the object to which it is applied is to a cairn. No record of a menhir standing by a cairn." Cairn (heig 1.83m, diam 20.1m).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)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Okehampton Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2014)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Worth's Dartmoor, (1971)