More information : SS 90334845. Selworthy 1. Probable prehistoric cairn on Bossington Hill, 17 paces diameter, 1.5 ft high, surmounted by a modern stone- heap. Visited by Grinsell 15th June 1969, when under heath. (1).
A mound is depicted at this location on OS 1" 1809 and apparently named 'Bossington Beacon' - see illustration. (2).
A stone cairn lies at the summit of Bossington Hill, close to a path, at SS 90322 48457. It was surveyed using differential GPS as part of the RCHME Exmoor project. The cairn is a modern stone cairn, but it may well occupy the site of a prehistoric burial cairn. A small platform to the east of the modern cairn, 6.4 x 4.7 x 0.5m, may represent the remains of the base of robbed out cairn or beacon platform, although the bedrock does outcrop locally (3).
The modern stone cairn referred to above (1-3) is visible on aerial photographs. The cairn is centred at SS 9033 4845 measuring 5m in diameter and is as described above (3). (4-5)
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