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Summary

A small stoney cairn lies on the summit of Two Barrows Hill some 60m SW of three large skyline cairns. Some small stones protrude through the turf-covered mound which measures 4.8m N to S by 4.1m. It stands a maximum of 0.3m high. There is no trace of a cist or kerb.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019269: Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE124
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1089228
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/104
• Old SAM Ref: 28765.03

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152228 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(19/05/1999) SX67766950 One of 5 cairns on Holne Lee situated 2km south-west of Fore Stoke. Diameter 7m, height 0.5m. Stones protrude from the surface of the mound which appears to undulate only slightly. Bilberry, gorse and grass. Prospecting pits and trenches in the area are not included.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(06/01/1997) SX 67766950. A small stoney cairn lies on the summit of Two Barrows Hill some 60m SW of three large skyline cairns (SX 66 NE 2).
Some small stones protrude through the turf-covered mound which measures 4.8m N to S by 4.1m. It stands a maximum of 0.3m high. There is no trace of a cist or kerb.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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