Sharpitor N.E. Cairn
Photo taken on 17-05-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56198 70821
OS Source: Garmin
Butler OS: SX56217080
HER: MDV14309
Alternate name: Sharpitor N.E.
Short Name: CN Sharp NE2
Butler map: 45.13
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 42
Dimensions (m): 6.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 56198 70821
Guide Map: 38
Nearest Bus Stop: Dousland Merrivale View Road (4.0 km) [Route: 55,56]
Nearby sites: SX 56198 70821
Notes
HER: Round cairn located at the eastern end of a short stone alignment near the Great Western Reave on Walkhampton Common. Cairn measures approximately 7.8 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.7 metres high. A shallow hollow in the centre of the mound suggests robbing or partial early excavation.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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 7, T.D.A. Vol.38 pp.535-37 (1906)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 42, T.D.A. Vol.55 pp.49-50 (1923)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)