Sourton Common Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 08-07-2018
Database entries
OS Map: SX 54418 88858
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4674
Megalithic Portal: 10023
Alternate name: Corn Ridge W.1
Short Name: RC Sourton Com
Butler map: 43.8.1
Grinsell: BRIDESTOWE and SOURTON COMMON 3
Turner: A33
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 21.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 54418 88858
Nearby sites: SX 54418 88858
Notes
"Ring cairn surviving as a circular bank 4m wide and 0.7m high surrounding an internal area measuring 12m in diam. Four small hollows in the ring bank suggest partial early excavation or robbing" NMR B.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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- 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)