Tynacombe 2 Clearance Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 703 633
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV13636
Megalithic Portal: 45832
Alternate name: Tynacombe 2
Short Name: CN:Tynacombe2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16 x 4
Lidar: SX 703 633
Guide Map: 52
Nearest Bus Stop: South Brent Pool Park (4.4 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 703 633
Notes
HER: Remains of barrow. Thinacombes. Possible field clearance cairn. Vis=-/5/1968? (robinson, r. ). A long narrow heap of stones, partly turfed over in the nw corner of field os no 1863, tithe apportionment no.206(1843) 'cold east field'. It measures 16m x 4m lying roughly e-w with the w end about 26m from the west field boundary. It has well defined edge to the s giving a height of about 0.5m but on the n or uphill side it merges into the slope. This may well represent field clearance. There is another possible ring cairn in the same field. The area is slate and the stones comprising the heap, where visible are small pieces of slate. This has been inspected by mr. T. Greeves who considered the site a very doubtful barrow or the result of field clearance. Vis=not visible on raf 1948 aph (rchm aph 1985).References
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- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)