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Skerraton Gate E.6 Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 70226 64917
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV7950
Alternate name: Skerraton Gate E.6
Short Name: CN:SkerrGate 6
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEAN PRIOR 13f
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 70226 64917
Guide Map: 52
Nearest Bus Stop: Buckfast Higher Mill Lane (5.6 km) [Route: 88]
Nearby sites: SX 70226 64917

Notes

This entry was formerly for Skerraton Gate E.2 but another HER record now relates to that. The two grid references are just 20-30 metres apart and that woudl in most circumstances result in this being a case of duplication. However, Fig 1 on p.17 of Butlre Volume 5 cleary has two cairns very close together in this location. It maybe a happy accident that there are two records. The western of the two features (this one) is the larger and as such is probably the one Butler intended as E.2. See also Skerraton Gate E.2

References

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