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Summary

Close to the main quarry junction to the west side of Haytor Down is a turf-covered mound 9 metres diameter by 1.2 metres high which has been trenched to expose a neatly coursed interior structure. Nationally important site.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric cairn to north-north-west of Haytor Quarry close to tramway junction

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Historical): NI Site

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 21 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Close to the main quarry junction to the west side of Haytor Down is a turf-covered mound 9 metres diameter by 1.2 metres high which has been trenched to expose a neatly coursed interior structure. Other details: Map 1, Site 10.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.

Possible cairn visible on the lidar data.

Gerrard, S., 2006, Dartmoor Nationally Important Sites, 10 (Cartographic). SDV345607.

Cairn east of Holwell Tor. One of a group of sites included on a list to be scheduled by English Heritage in the early 2000s. The programme on Dartmoor was ended prematurely and therefore official Scheduled status was never assigned. For the purposes of planning and management these sites are considered to be of equal status to Scheduled sites. Number 10.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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