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Dartmoor Site: Knatta Barrow Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Knatta Barrow Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Database entries

OS Map: SX 65970 64212
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5717
Megalithic Portal: 45842
Alternate name: Knatta Barrow
Short Name: RC:Knatta Bar.
Butler map: 57.29
Butler Vol 5: p.160 & Fig.102
Grinsell: SOUTH BRENT 2
Turner: A54
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 65970 64212
Nearby sites: SX 65970 64212

Notes

"This large cairn (24m diameter, 1.7m height) composed of loose granite boulders. It is unusual among summit cairns in having a well defined outer bank about 1m wide and 0.5m high. This is partly turf covered but where eroded can be seen to be built of loose stone like the central cairn which touches it. It shows best on the north and east sides, while on the south west side it tends to merge into the body of the cairn."

References

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