Halstock Down 5 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5959 9214
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV60257
Alternate name: Halstock Down 5
Short Name: CN:Halstock 5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 6.1 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 5959 9214
Guide Map: 1
Nearest Bus Stop: Okehampton Railway Station (3.0 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 5959 9214
Notes
HER: Cairn measures 6.1 metres in diameter, height 0.7 metres. Central pit measuring 3 metres by 2.5 metres by 0.15 metres deep. Grass and heather covered.Historic England: Two mounds lying south west of the field system may represent funerary cairns. The first one lies at NGR SX 59599214 and survives as a 0.7m high and 6.1m diameter mound with a small central pit. The second cairns lies a short distance to the south west at SX 59579212 and measures 5.8m high by 0.6m high. See also Halstock Down 6