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Dartmoor Site: Whitchurch Common S. Reported Cairn

Whitchurch Common S. Reported Cairn

Whitchurch Common S. Reported Cairn

Photo taken on 09-09-2023

Database entries

OS Map: SX 53032 74954
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV48865
Alternate name: Whitchurch Common S.
Short Name: CN?Whitchurch6
Grinsell: WHITCHURCH 1
Turner: A19
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Turner
Hut Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Barrow Report: 39
Dimensions (m): 8.5 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 53032 74954
Nearby sites: SX 53032 74954

Notes

Hut Circle or ring cairn? This is probably the cairn referred to by Worth in Barrow Report 39 (not the cist on the southern slope of barn Hill).

It has been difficult to match up these three sites. The listings on this website can be matched in a coherent fashion to those on the HER and there is no doubt on those matches. However, matching records to the actual features is proving difficult. On 09/09/23 I took photos of 3 features and for the purpose of these listings I will refer to them as "northern", "western" and "southern". That clearly defines what i recorded and photographed. However, I'm not certain I have the right records matched and it may take a further site visit to unentangle this.
1. "northern" provisionally matched to SiteID=541 HER record: 4115
2. "western" provisionally matched to SiteID=2509 HER record: 48866
3. "southern" provisionally matched to SiteID=2563 HER record: 48865
NB. This site is identified as "southern" and grid reference and photo reflect this

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.

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