Mardle Valley 8 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6778 6876
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV62033
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 8
Short Name: CN:Mardle 8
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 6778 6876
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (5.6 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 6778 6876
Notes
HER: One of two, possibly three, hut circles on the moderate west-facing slope above the left bank of the River Mardle. This third, possible, hut consists of coursed boulder and rubble walls 0.6m wide and 0.5m high enclose a roughly circular area 2.0m in diameter with a possible entrance in the south side. It is not certain whether this is a small hut circle or an elaborate clearance cairn relating to the medieval or later exploitation of this area.Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site might be easier to locate when the bracken has died back more in the winter or early spring.
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.
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)