Spurrells Cross Encircled Cairn
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65858 59864
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX65845984
HER: MDV2891
Megalithic Portal: 1273
PMD: Spurrell's Cross Stone Row
Alternate name: Spurrell's cross stone row
Short Name: EC:Spurrells X
Butler map: 53.10
Grinsell: UGBOROUGH 12
Turner: F9
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 56
Dimensions (m): 10.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 65858 59864
Guide Map: 58
Nearest Bus Stop: Ivybridge BP Garage (Stop B) (5.6 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 65858 59864
Notes
Cairn at SX 65855985, 12 metres in diameter by 0.4 metres high, with two stones of retaining circle, from which double stone row descends to north north west. This cairn is located about 125 metres from Spurrells Cross.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)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 8, T.D.A. Vol.40 pp.281-2 (1908)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)