Longstone Hill 4 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56801 90697
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV52484
Alternate name: Longstone Hill 4
Short Name: CN:Longstone 4
Butler map: 42.8.4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 56801 90697
Guide Map: 4
Nearest Bus Stop: Sourton Windard Terrace (4.5 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 56801 90697
Notes
HER: Four cairns were recorded at this location in 1994 situated on the ridge south of Longstone Hill forming part of a cairnfield. Possibly prehistoric clearance cairns.HER quoting Gerrard:
(09/02/1994) SX56799069 Four cairns. Two of the mounds are sub-circular in shape and the average height of all the mounds is 0.53m. The individual cairns can be described as follows:
1. SX 56789071 Cairn measures 3.6m in diameter and up to 0.7m high.
2. SX 56819071 Cairn is oval in shape, measuring 6m by 3.5m, up to 0.7m high and is aligned north-north-east by south-south-west. The north-eastern part has seen limited damage and is now 0.1m high.
3. SX 56799068 Cairn measures 2.5m in diameter and up to 0.4m high.
4. SX 56789068 Cairn is oval in shape, measuring 5m by 2.5m, up to 0.3m high and aligned north-north-west by south-south-east.
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.2: The North, (1991)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Okehampton Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2014)