Lake Down cairn field Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 542 888
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV12848
Alternate name: Lake Down cairn field
Short Name: CN:Lake Down15
Butler map: 43.8
Exist: Yes
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3-5.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 542 888
Nearby sites: SX 542 888

Notes

A cairnfield comprising 12 cairns situated on Lake Down. Ths record has been separated into the component cairns, this record has thererfore been marked as a duplicate, the master record. In total 12 cairns, one outlier and a group of 11.

Lake Down cairnfield. The 11 cairns forming the largest part of a cairnfield on Lake Down are situated on a narrow natural terrace on a steep west-facing slope overlooking West Devon. Nine of the mounds are sub-circular and these range in size from 2m to 6.3m in diameter and stand between 0.4m and 1.2m high. The remaining two are ovoid, and measure 6m long, 3m wide and stand up to 0.6m high. The average height of all the mounds is 0.64m. One cairn has a shallow central hollow, suggesting robbing or partial excavation. Some of the cairns may contain burials, but the group most likely represents stone clearance connected with cultivation of the area. See related records.

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)
• Fleming, Andrew, The cairn fields of north-west Dartmoor , D.A.S.P. No.38 pp.9-12 (1980)