Heathfield 6 Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 4616 7960
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV3847
Alternate name: Heathfield 6
Short Name: CN:Heathfld 6
Grinsell: LAMERTON 6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 22 x 1.4
Lidar: SX 4616 7960
Guide Map: 22
Nearby sites: SX 4616 7960
Notes
Grinsell: Round barrow, east part removed to build walls which meet near the centre. Diameter 22 metres, height 1.4 metres. Possibly the beacon.HER: Situated on the top of a level hill with relatively unrestricted views in all directions. Mutilated mound at the junction of three earth hedge-banks, all probably utilising the material of the mound in their construction. The present diameters are 24.0 metres by 20.0 metres overall. A crescentic western extremity is most prominent and though at maximum 7.0 metres wide, it is 1.2 metres high externally and 0.5 metres high where it has been cut into alongside the hedge. Further traces exist to the east of this hedge which bounds the former common. Immediately west there is a platform about 0.3 metres high approximately to the former perimeter and to the north-east a swelling is visible in the parish boundary bank. The position and appearance are compatible with a round barrow utilised as a beacon mound. In poor condition, grass covered. No finds were made.
References
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- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)