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Dartmoor Site: West Mill Tor Reported Cairn

West Mill Tor Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 5898 9060
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV103614
Alternate name: West Mill Tor
Short Name: CN:West Mill
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 5898 9060
Guide Map: 6
Nearest Bus Stop: Okehampton Railway Station (5.1 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 5898 9060

Notes

HER: Two small cairns at SX 58989060 and SX 58989059 and a short length of a low, spread boulder/stone bank indicate stone clearance activity. Whether the amorphous bank was intended to be the start of a newtake bank is not clear. (It extends from SX58959059 to SX 59069059).

References

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