Highdown 2 Clearance Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5235 8468
OS Source: Grinsell
HER: MDV3219
Alternate name: Highdown 2
Short Name: CN?Highdown 2
Grinsell: LYDFORD 10
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 7.0 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 5235 8468
Guide Map: 15
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmoor Inn (0.8 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 5235 8468
Notes
Post-medieval. NMR states "The mound depicted on the OS 1:10000 scale mapping (1) and described by Grinsell (2) is largely obscured by gorse. It is not of prehistoric origin as it sits upon a number of narrow cultivation ridges associated with the post medieval field system in this area. It is more likely to be a relatively recent stone clearance heap. A similar feature (440692) lies 140m to the east."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.
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)