Ringmoor Down 8 Cairn Circle
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Monuments on Ringmoor Down
OS Map: SX 56590 66692
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV3994
PMD: Ringmoor Down
Alternate name: Ringmoor Down 8
Short Name: CN:Ringmoor 8
Butler map: 49.21.8
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 13
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Radcliffe
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 13.0 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 56590 66692
Nearby sites: SX 56590 66692
Notes
Radcliffe notes; "There are remains of a retaining circle consisting of five stones, all standing, visible in SW quadrant. Dia 13m, ht 0.5m. Secondary cist and retaining kerb exposed."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.
- Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, (1990)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape - A new survey , Southwest Landscape Investigations (2022)