Eastern White Barrow (The Submarine) Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66550 65168
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5184
Megalithic Portal: 45572
Alternate name: Eastern White Barrow
Short Name: CN:E White Bar
Butler map: 57.27
Grinsell: SOUTH BRENT 1
DPD page: 86
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 28.0 x 4.0
Lidar: SX 66550 65168
Nearby sites: SX 66550 65168
Notes
Also known as the Eastern Whittabarrow or Whittaburrow. "A large, round, flat topped cairn measuring 26m in diameter and 3.5m high. It is surmounted by a modern, drum-shaped, marker cairn of 4.5m diameter and 2m high. Known as The Submarine due to its appearance in profile on the horizon. See also Legendary Dartmoor: The SubmarineReferences
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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)