Longstone Hill 19 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56597 91072
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV52500
Alternate name: Longstone Hill 19
Short Name: CN:Longstone19
Butler map: 42.8.19
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 56597 91072
Guide Map: 4
Nearest Bus Stop: Sourton Windard Terrace (4.3 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 56597 91072
Notes
HER: Four possible prehistoric clearance cairns - part of MDV5577. Gerrard (1994) records four possible cairns forming part of a cairnfield. Three are sub-circular; The remaining mound is ovoid. 2004 survey identified two of the four in vicinity.HER quoting Gerrard:
SX 56589107 Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield of at least 64 mounds. Three are sub-circular, and these can be described individually as follows:
1. SX 56589108 Cairn measures 3m in diameter and up to 0.8m high on the downslope side and 0.2m high on the upslope.
2. SX 56589106 Cairn measures 5m in diameter and up to 0.8m high on the downslope side and 0.2m high on the upslope.
3. SX 56609107 Cairn measures 6m in diameter and up to 0.3m high.
The remaining mound is ovoid, 5.8m by 4m, is aligned west-south-west by east-north-east and stands up to 0.8m high on the downslope side and 0.3m high on the upslope.
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)