Taw Marsh S.2 Clearance Cairn
Photo taken on 11-10-2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 62159 90422
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV13061
Alternate name: Taw Marsh S.2
Short Name: CN TawMarsh S2
Butler map: 40.c
Grinsell: LYDFORD 2a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 62159 90422
Guide Map: 7
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Belstone Car Park (4.4 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (3.9 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 62159 90422
Notes
"A cairn and a leaning inscribed stone in stoney ground at the north western foot of Metheral Hill above Taw Marsh. The irregular cairn measures 2.3 metres north to south by 2.8 metres and stands a maximum of 0.5 metres high. It is largely turf covered though some stone protrudes through its top. This cairn is probably medieval or later in origin and designed to mark the boundary of Dartmoor Forest and South Tawton parishes."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)