Drizzlecombe Platform Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 07-09-2019
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Drizzlecombe Ceremonial Complex (Photos 1)
OS Map: SX 59135 67134
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV3374
Megalithic Portal: 16932
PMD: Drizzlecombe N 14
Alternate name: Drizzlecombe 14
Short Name: PC Drizzle
Butler map: 49.19.14
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 25a
Turner: E35
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 34 56
Dimensions (m): 3.5 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 59135 67134
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (4.7 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 59135 67134
Notes
"stone circle" marked on os 6" 1906. This site was almost totally excavated in 1914. Half an 11 foot diameter kerb circle and the slight remains of a cairn were found.3 flint flakes and a "well finished" scraper were found. The 34th Barrow Report includes a photo of the flints and the excavated and exposed kerb.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)
- 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)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 34, T.D.A. Vol.47 pp.131-3 (1915)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)