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Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill S.W.6 Clearance Cairn

Piles Hill S.W.6 Clearance Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 6459 5969
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV130033
Alternate name: Piles Hill S.W.6
Short Name: CN?Piles Hil23
Butler map: 53.11.6
Exist: Maybe
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): c.4.0 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 6459 5969
Nearby sites: SX 6459 5969

Notes

Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it. Lidar data points to a possible mound at SX 64614 59684 which is close to Butler's location of SX 6459 5969 but this could not be found.

References

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