Skerraton Gate E.2 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 7024 6493
OS Source: Butler
HER: MDV7947
Alternate name: Skerraton Gate E.2
Short Name: CN:SkerrGate 2
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 7024 6493
Guide Map: 52
Nearest Bus Stop: Buckfast Higher Mill Lane (5.6 km) [Route: 88]
Nearby sites: SX 7024 6493
Notes
The HER record for E.2 was added close to an existing HEr record. The two grid references are just 20-30 metres apart and that would 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. This record realtes to the smaller eastern cairn. See also [http://www.dartmoorwalks.org.uk/resource/site.php?SiteID=1799]Skerraton Gate E.6[/url]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)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)