Wigford Down 3 Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 54647 65072
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV2311
Alternate name: Wigford Down 3
Short Name: CN:Wigford D15
Butler map: 48.1.3
Grinsell: MEAVY 3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 21 62
Dimensions (m): 25 x 15m
Lidar: SX 54647 65072
Nearest Bus Stop: Shaugh Prior Shaugh Bridge (2.0 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 54647 65072
Notes
Appears in Tom Greeve's list of 'sacred Pools' as Wigford Down A.Possible ring cairn on Wigford Down damaged by stone robbing; probably for nearby road-building. Consists of a large oval depression, surrounded by a stony ring with some slabs in upright positions. Wigford Down 2 in Barrow Report 62.
Thought originally to be a damaged ring cairn, the feature consists of a large oval depression, surrounded by a stony ring with some slabs in upright positions. Feature is thought to potentially be a 'sacred' pool designed in Prehistoric times.
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)
- Greeves, T, Dartmoor's Sacred Pools - Design in the Prehistoric Landscape, Dartmoor Magazine 137 (2019)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Moorland Plym, T.P.I. Vol.10 Part 3 p.294 (1890)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 62, T.D.A. Vol.75 pp.53-55 (1943)