Shoveldown N.W.5 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6439 8611
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV54481
Alternate name: Shoveldown N.W.5
Short Name: CN:ShovelNW 5
Butler map: 37.5.5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 6439 8611
Guide Map: 13
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (6.0 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Chagford The Square (5.9 km) [Route: 173,178,671]
Nearby sites: SX 6439 8611
Notes
"a probable mutilated cairn measures 3.6m n-s by 4.2m and 0.5m high on the n by 0.15m on the s. Though disturbed there is no distinct hollow usually associated with deliberate robbing. Some small stones protrude from the mound (probert)".References
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- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)