Merrivale 9 Cairn
Photo taken on 26-06-2018
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55353 74725
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV28496
Alternate name: Merrivale 9
Short Name: CN Merrivale 9
Butler map: 44.8.9
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3.6 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 55353 74725
Guide Map: 33
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (0.9 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 55353 74725
Notes
"Cairn measuring 4.0 meters in diameter and standing 0.6 meters high, with a pit 1.3 meters in diameter by 0.4 meters deep in the centre of the mound."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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Page, John Lloyd Warden, An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities, with some account of its borders, (1889)