Crownhill Ridge 7 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5718 5985
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX57185985
HER: MDV1782
Alternate name: Crownhill Ridge 7
Short Name: CN:Crownhill 7
Butler map: 52.16.7.7
Grinsell: SPARKWELL 2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 5718 5985
Guide Map: 54
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (2.6 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 5718 5985
Notes
HER: Barrow 'C' is one of thirteen in the cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down of 7.0 to 8.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high. The earthworks consist of two conjoined mounds divided by a later robber pit. The earthworks remain identifiable on aerial photographsReferences
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)
- Edwards, Chris, An archaeological survey of an area surrounding Hemerdon Ball, (1979)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)