Venford Reservoir S.1 Clearance Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6827 7050
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX68277050
HER: MDV113643
Alternate name: Venford Reservoir S.1
Short Name: CNxVenfordRes1
Butler map: 60.20.1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 3.5 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 6827 7050
Guide Map: 40
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (3.5 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 6827 7050
Notes
Northern cairn of pair. HER: The two features depicted as prehistoric cairns by Butler are the product of medieval or later clearance. The northern feature, at SX 68277050, measures 3.0 metres in diameter and is 0.6 metres high while the southern mound measures 1.7 metres in diameter and stands 0.5 metres high. Neither possesses traces of cist or kerb and both are undisturbed. They lie in an area which has been subject to medieval or later agrarian activity which has effaced most of the prehistoric monuments in the immediate area.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)
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)