Heathfield 7 Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 4624 7959
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV12636
Alternate name: Heathfield 7
Short Name: CN:Heathfld 7
Grinsell: LAMERTON 7
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 4624 7959
Guide Map: 22
Nearby sites: SX 4624 7959
Notes
Grinsell: Round barrow on waste ground at Heathfield. 16 metres diameter, 0.7 metres high.HER: Low flat-topped mound covered by turf and bushes. 17 metres diameter at the base, 11 metres at the top. 0.35 metres high. Small test pit in the top revealed layers of wood ash on grey clay with charcoal beneath which, at a depth of 0.4 metres was found yellow clay presumed to be the subsoil.
Presence of ash has been suggested as evidence that this was the beacon and not the more prominent cairn 6.
References
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- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)