Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb
Photo taken on 21-03-2012
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 66012 58573
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV2886
Megalithic Portal: 31698
PMD: Butterdon Long Cairn
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill chambered cairn
Short Name: NT Butterdon
Butler map: 53.15
Butler Vol 5: p.155
Grinsell: List A UGBOROUGH 2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 25.0 x 13.0 x 0.9
Lidar: SX 66012 58573
Nearby sites: SX 66012 58573
Notes
"The mound is situated on a slight south-east slope at 1050 ft O.D. It is 25 metres long, orientated north-south, is 16.0 metres wide and 0.9 metre high at the north end and 10.0 metres wide and 0.7 metre high at the south end. There are no visible side ditches. The construction is of earth and small stones but extensive pillaging and/or excavation has exposed a number of large upright and some displaced stones. The mound is certainly a long barrow."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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Fletcher, M., Grinsell, L. & Quinnell, N., A long cairn on Butterdon Hill, Ugborough , D.A.S.P. No.32 (1974)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)