Scorhill S.2 Cairn
Photo taken on 06-02-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65485 87212
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6196
PMD: Scorhill S.
Alternate name: Scorhill S.2
Short Name: CN Scorhill S2
Butler map: 38.8.2
Butler Vol 5: p.172 & Fig.112
Grinsell: GIDLEIGH 2a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c.7.0 x 0.5 C?
Lidar: SX 65485 87212
Guide Map: 12
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (3.9 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Chagford The Square (4.6 km) [Route: 173,178,671]
Nearby sites: SX 65485 87212
Notes
Entry added by PDW to correct/replace Butler 38.4.2. This is cairn 2 in Fig. 175 (p.249 Vol 5), it is the cairn that heads the claimed stone row on Fig 112.Formerly CN:Scorhill 8
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.2: The North, (1991)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)