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Dartmoor Site: Heathfield 4 Reported Cairn

Heathfield 4 Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 4605 7958
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV3845
Alternate name: Heathfield 4
Short Name: CN:Heathfld 4
Grinsell: LAMERTON 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 20 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 4605 7958
Guide Map: 22
Nearby sites: SX 4605 7958

Notes

Grinsell: Round barrow with possible ditch, situated in rough pasture.
HER: Large bowl barrow (B), 20.0 metres diameter, 1.0 metres high. In fairly good condition, turf-covered with slight traces of surrounding ditch. A small rabbit scrape in the west side reveals the materials with which the barrow was constructed to be a dark loam containing fragments of fine-grained sandstone and white spar. Other details: Barrow B.

References

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