Mardle Valley 6 Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6781 6872
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX67816872
HER: MDV5307
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 6
Short Name: CN:Mardle 6
Butler map: 58.12.6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16.5 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 6781 6872
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (5.6 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 6781 6872
Notes
HER: Oval cairn, 16 metres by 14 metres and 0.6 metres high. The central area (11 metres to 13 metres diameter) is very disturbed, with a small, off centre mound 0.6 metres high. The cairn has a rim 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high, with a south-west facing gap, 2 metres wide. There is a single orthostat set into the rim on its east arc.Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site might be easier to locate when the bracken has died back more in the winter or early spring.
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)
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)