Holne Lee 4 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67992 69641
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX67986962
HER: MDV5202
Alternate name: Holne Lee 4
Short Name: CN:Holne Lee 4
Butler map: 58.11.4
Grinsell: HOLNE 12
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 11.5 x 1.4
Lidar: SX 67992 69641
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (4.5 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 67992 69641
Notes
HER: Oval cairn, 12 metres by 11 metres overall and 0.9 metres high with a regular central depression, 6 metres diameter and 0.9 metres deep. The surround is noticeably dipped to the east-south-east on the long axis, where it is only 0.6 metres high. The even turf cover of the stones and the regular profile suggest that this cairn has not been disturbed and maintains its original form as a hollow top cairn. Historic England: The monument, which falls into three areas of protection, includes five cairns forming a cairn cemetery situated on a high ridge on Holne Lee overlooking the valley of the River Dart. Four of the mounds contain pits which indicate that they have been subjected to early undocumented investigations. The eastern cairn includes a 13.3 metres diameter mound standing up to 1.3 metres high. In the centre of the mound is a 4.8 metres long by 4 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep pit. Spoil thrown up during the digging of this pit forms a heap on the southern side of the cairn.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)