O Brook 1 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66317 71481
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV103600
Alternate name: O Brook 1
Short Name: CN:O Brook 1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 66317 71481
Guide Map: 40
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (2.6 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 66317 71481
Notes
HER: Centred SX 66327148. Three small cairns lie in open moorland on the crest of the steep valley side above the left bank of the O Brook immediately south of the current limit of cultivation.SX 6631571468. Measuring 4.5 metres north to south by 4.2 metres this feature remains to a height of 0.65 metres. There are traces of a depression, possibly marking the site of a former excavation, in its top.
SX 6631171478. A circular mound 4.0 metres in diameter and 0.65 metres high. Some stone protrudes through the turf and four stones, three of them upright, are positioned around the cairn at an average distance of 0.5 metres from it. The three upright stones lie to the south and east of the cairn and may be the remains of an enclosing circle. The feature does not appear to have been excavated.
SX 6632271494. An ovoid mound measuring 3.3 metres north to south by 4.0 metres and 0.75 metres high. There is no trace of cist, kerb or any excavation.