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Dartmoor Site: Mardon Down Platform Cairn Circle

Mardon Down Platform Cairn Circle

Mardon Down Platform Cairn Circle

Photo taken on 26-01-2018

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Mardon Down Stone Circle & Cairns
OS Map: SX 76759 87172
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV15158
Megalithic Portal: 22312
PMD: Mardon Down Cairn 1
Alternate name: Mardon Down Cairn 1
Short Name: PC Mardon 1
Butler Vol 5: p.149 & Fig.91
Grinsell: MORETONHAMPSTEAD 5
Turner: E9
DPD page: 149
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.6 / 6.2 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 76759 87172
Nearby sites: SX 76759 87172

Notes

Platform circle consisting of a ring of kerb stones, measuring 7.0 metres in internal diameter, enclosing a flat-topped cairn 0.3 metres high, with boulder incorporated into perimeter.

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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