Shavercombe Head (9+ cairns) Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6065 6490
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV5127
Alternate name: Shavercombe Head (9+ cairns)
Short Name: CNxShavercom2
Butler map: 50.3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 10-15.0 x 0.5-1.0
Lidar: SX 6065 6490
Guide Map: 55
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (5.9 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 6065 6490
Notes
Nine circular mounds on high ground at Shavercombe Head. Each of these mounds looks like a barrow, but each is composed solely of peat and there are many other mounds in the vicinity suggesting that there is some form of natural or other agency causing this phenomena.Around 1 km from this area of peat stacks are over 50 small mounds which are charcoal burning platforms, see: MDV132869: Charcoal burners platforms west of Yealm Head.
References
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- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)