Drizzlecombe 20 Cairn
Photo taken on 22-09-2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 59685 67315
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4034
PMD: Drizzlecombe 20
Alternate name: Drizzlecombe 20
Short Name: CN:Drizzle 20
Butler map: 49.19.20
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 31
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 10.0 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX 59685 67315
Guide Map: 48
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (6.9 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 59685 67315
Notes
A cairn situated on a south-facing slope below the crest of a ridge. It consists largely of small stones, partly heather-covered and has a diameter of 9.5 m and a height of 0.5 m; there is a depression of 0.6 m in the centre with a cavity which could be the site of a ruined cist.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)