Database entries
OS Map: SX 5957 9212
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV60258
Alternate name: Halstock Down 6
Short Name: CN:Halstock 6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.8 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 5957 9212
Guide Map: 1
Nearest Bus Stop: Okehampton Railway Station (3.1 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 5957 9212
Notes
HER:
Cairn measures 5.8 metres in diameter, height 0.6 metres. Central pit measuring 0.8 metres by 0.8 metres by 0.1 metres deep. Grass and heather covered mound. Path passes close to eastern side of mound. Robbing pit situated on western side of mound.
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 5