Taw Marsh S.1 Clearance Cairn
Photo taken on 11-10-2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 62097 90476
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV13059
Alternate name: Taw Marsh S.1
Short Name: CN TawMarsh S1
Butler map: 40.c
Grinsell: LYDFORD 2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 62097 90476
Guide Map: 7
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Belstone Car Park (4.3 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (3.9 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 62097 90476
Notes
Notes from HER "A turf covered cairn on level stoney ground which lies between the north western foot of Metheral Hill and Taw Marsh. ...It is probably of medieval or later in origin and constructed to mark the boundary of Dartmoor Forest and South Tawton parishes which in this area runs in a straight line from two boundary stones."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)