Shaugh Cross Platform Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5532 6346
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV2524
Megalithic Portal: 17513
Alternate name: Saddlesborough reave
Short Name: PC:ShaughCross
Butler map: 48.5
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 40
Turner: E2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 11.0 x 1.4
Lidar: SX 5532 6346
Guide Map: 53
Nearest Bus Stop: Shaugh Prior White Thorn Inn (1.6 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 5532 6346
Notes
A barrow lies 109.7m west from the retaining circle (sx56se/24) of the stone row on shaugh moor. There is a kerb of stones visible and a wider spread of material up to 12.19m (worth). Barrow diam 12.19m, height 1.524m.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)
- Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, 3, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report (1998)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Wainwright G. J. , Fleming A. and Smith K., The Shaugh Moor Project: First Report, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 45 , December 1979 , pp. 1 - 33 (1979)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 10, T.D.A. Vol.50 pp.402-404 (1918)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)