Holne Lee 2 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67884 69583
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX67876957
HER: MDV13208
Alternate name: Holne Lee 2
Short Name: CN:Holne Lee 2
Butler map: 58.11.2
Grinsell: HOLNE 10
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 67884 69583
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (4.7 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 67884 69583
Notes
HER: Grinsell (1978) described an additional cairn 'D' here, 10.0m. in diameter and 0.6m. high with a hollow in or near the centre. The Royal Commission Holne survey (1997) records this possible feature as 'somewhat enigmatic'; while from some aspects it resembles a cairn, it is probably the debris from a prospecting pit allied to the nearby extensive tinworking remains. Gerrard: One of 5 cairns on Holne Lee situated 2 kilometres south-west of Fore Stoke. Round cairn. Measures 9.5m by 7.8m. Central pit 4.4m by 2.9m. The mound is orientated at 340 degrees. The structure now looks like a rectangular building rather than a cairn. On balance, however, given its location it is more likely to represent a cairn. Butler: trenched and hollowed out to ground level.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)
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)