Piles Hill N.2 Cairn
Photo taken on 20-04-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65330 61002
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5708
Alternate name: Piles Hill N.2
Short Name: CN Piles N2
Butler map: 54.19.2
Grinsell: HARFORD 11
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 1.2
Lidar: SX 65330 61002
Guide Map: 57
Nearest Bus Stop: South Brent Pool Park (6.5 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 65330 61002
Notes
"Resistance survey convincing detected a low-resistance ring around this cairn; likely encircling ditch. Magnetic survey detected a short arcing anomaly west of the cairn, which may or may not be related" (2022)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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)