Mardle Valley 2 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6761 6922
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX67616922
HER: MDV5203
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 2
Short Name: CN:Mardle 2
Butler map: 58.12.2
Grinsell: HOLNE 13
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 6761 6922
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (5.2 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 6761 6922
Notes
HER quoting Gerrard: Round cairn. Diameter 8m, height 0.4m. A small trench leading in from the north-west is 1.5m long by 1m wide and 0.2m deep.This cairn has been cleared of vegetation by the DPA in September 2025 and the author visited shortly afterwards on 02/10/2025. Of the 4 cairns cleared this one I was unable to locate with certainty but I was lacking time for a thorough search. I had probably located it but was uncertain I had correctly identified it. It maybe more obvious when the bracken has died back.
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)