Metherall Cairn
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 56. TDA Vol.69 1937
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6684 8401
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
PMD: Metherel
Alternate name: Metherall
Short Name: CT?Metherall
Turner: C2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Turner
Hut Class: Maybe
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Barrow Report: 56
Dimensions (m): 8.2
Lidar: SX 6684 8401
Guide Map: 20
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Warren House Inn (4.0 km) [Route: 171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Chagford The Square (4.8 km) [Route: 173,178,671]
Nearby sites: SX 6684 8401
Notes
Cairn or hut circle? Excavation of three hut circles in 1936, prior to the construction of new reservoir at Fernworthy, showed the eastern circle, "No 6" (SX66858402), to represent the remains of a cairn with a probable cremation burial in a pit beneath a cover-stone.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.
- Newman, Phil, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon. Supplement. The Lakeside Area and Lowton Farmsteads, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2013)
- Ormerod, George Wareing, On the Hut-Circles of the Eastern Side of Dartmoor, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol.20 (1864)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)