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Dartmoor Site: Great Gnats Head 5 Cairn

Great Gnats Head 5 Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 61580 68029
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV13176
Alternate name: Great Gnats Head 5
Short Name: CN:GreatGnats5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 61580 68029
Guide Map: 44
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (7.8 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 61580 68029

Notes

HER: quoting Robinson Visited in September 1979. About 150 metres north-north-west of Grinsell's Shaugh Prior No.2. A cairn lying in area of blanket bog. Heather covered, hollows in centre and on east side. Diameter 10 metres, height 0.5 metres. also There are many peat stacks in the area which make reidentification of the cairn difficult.

The NGR for this record is estimated based on the decription.

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