Butterdon Down 2 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 75044 88423
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV20071
Alternate name: Butterdon Down 2
Short Name: CN:Butterdon 2
Grinsell: MORETONHAMPSTEAD 8
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7 x 1
Lidar: SX 75044 88423
Nearby sites: SX 75044 88423
Notes
Cairn, 7.8 meters in diameter and 1.1 meters high. It has an inner kerb 3.0 meters in diameter exposed by a central excavation pit. On the east side of this cairn there is an apparent semi-circle of spaced stones of rounded, earthfast, boulders. Possibly a peristalith. NMR 445433 B.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)