Harrowthorn Plantation N. Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 62404 62223
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4267
PMD: Harrowthorn Reave
Alternate name: Harrowthorn Plantation N.
Short Name: CN:Harrowtho1
Butler map: 52.12
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 16
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 64
Dimensions (m): 4.3 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX 62404 62223
Nearby sites: SX 62404 62223
Notes
This small round cairn, 4.7m in diameter and 0.6m high, lies on a gentle west facing slope at 305m above OD. It is constructed of small boulders, with a large slab, 160m by 115m., lying on the northeast side accompanied by a hollowed centre, 0.3m deep, suggesting a 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)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 64, T.D.A. Vol.77 p.55 (1945)