Cholwich Town (site of) Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5846 6225
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV49508
Megalithic Portal: 770
PMD: Cholwich Town Stone Row
Alternate name: Cholwichtown stone row
Short Name: CCxCholwich
Butler map: 48.
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 5
Turner: G27
Exist: No
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.9
Lidar: SX 5846 6225
Guide Map: 54
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (1.7 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 5846 6225
Notes
Site of former cairn circle. "the row, extending over 700ft, consisted of uprights 2-3ft. high and 3ft. apart, the circle, at the northern end of the row, was 15ft. in diameter with seven upright stones. The site was excavated in 1961, and the sockets of many missing stones were found, also a pit 8ft. in diameter in the centre of the circle. "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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Eogan, George and Simmons, I.G., The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 30 , pp. 25 - 38 (1964)
- Fox, Aileen, 27th Report on Archaeology and Early History, T.D.A. Vol.95 pp.74-86 (1963)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Simmons, I. G., Pollen diagrams from Dartmoor, New Phytologist 63, 165-180 (1964)
- Simmons, I. G., Environment and Early Man on Dartmoor, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 35 , pp. 203–19 (1969)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)