Gibbet Hill 1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 22-11-2024
Annotated photo by Steve Grigg 22/11/2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 49975 80875
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV22751
Megalithic Portal: 45828
Alternate name: Gibbet Hill 1
Short Name: RC:GibbetHill1
Grinsell: MARY TAVY 1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Turner
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 22
Lidar: SX 49975 80875
Guide Map: 22
Nearest Bus Stop: Mary Tavy War Memorial (1.7 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 49975 80875
Notes
"A stone ring, probably the remains of a ring cairn, 430 metres south-west of Gibbet Hill summit. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites. Dimensions noted by Greeves as approximately 22 metres in external diameter with the ring bank being a maximum of approximately 7.0 metres wide by approximately 0.5 metres in height."Photo and annotated photo reproduced with kind permision by Steve Grigg. Copyright remains with Steve. See also coverage on Dartmoor Explorations: Gibbet Hill Mine.
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.
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)