Buckland Ridge (S) Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 7357 7324
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX73577327
HER: MDV30630
Megalithic Portal: 45827
Alternate name: Buckland Common 5
Short Name: RC:BucklandRid
Butler map: 10.9
Turner: A13
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 19.0
Lidar: SX 7357 7324
Guide Map: 41
Nearest Bus Stop: Ashburton Bull Ring (5.1 km) [Route: 38,88]
Nearby sites: SX 7357 7324
Notes
Turner: Robbed cairn. Stone ring is 13m inside diameter bank 1.80m wide and 50cms high, much of the bank on the eastern side has been destroyed. The central area has been disturbed, modern stone wall running north to south through the eastern section of the stone ring.. HER includes grid reference 8m to the N. of this record.Turner A13. No NMR record.
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.1: The East, (1991)
- Newman, Phil, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2015)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)