Hawkesborough Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5724 5952
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX57245952
HER: MDV1802
Alternate name: Hawkesborough
Short Name: CN:Hawkesbor1
Butler map: 52.16.8
Grinsell: SPARKWELL 8
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 13.5 x 1.3
Lidar: SX 5724 5952
Guide Map: 54
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (3.0 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 5724 5952
Notes
HER: The monument includes a round cairn situated on the southern summit of the prominent ridge called Crownhill Down. The round cairn survives as a circular stony mound measuring up to 15 metres in diameter and 1.4 etresm high. In the centre is a large hollow indicating early partial excavation or robbing. This cairn is known locally as ‘Hawkesborough’ and was mentioned in a lease dated 16th November 1562 as tin bound for a nearby tinworks. It is probably an outlying cairn associated with the nearby round cairn cemetery on Crownhill Down which is the subject of a separate scheduling.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)
- Edwards, Chris, An archaeological survey of an area surrounding Hemerdon Ball, (1979)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)