Cosdon Beacon Platform Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 01-09-2013
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cosdon Hill Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63717 91719
OS Source: Google
HER record: 6924
Megalithic Portal: 10325
Alternate name: Cosdon Beacon 5
Short Name: PC Cosdon 5
Butler map: 40.7.5
Grinsell: SOUTH TAWTON 1
Turner: E1
DPD page: 153
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16.0 x 1.5
Lidar: SX63729172
Notes: Cairn 13.5m diameter with signs of retaining circle. Crowned by modern stone heap. HER MDV6894. See also: NMR 444167. Lethbridge diagram p.152, photo bottom right p.153. Turner E1 (diagram p.59). Butler Cosdon Beacon 5 Vol. 2. Map 40.7.5. (diagram of Cosdon Summit cairns on p.207).
Nearby sites: SX63729172
Google Satellite Map
References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Croker, J. G., A guide to the eastern escarpment of Dartmoor, (1851)
- Ormerod, George Wareing, On the Hut-Circles of the Eastern Side of Dartmoor, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol.20 (1864)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)