Monument Number 444176 |
| Hob Uid: 444176 | |
Location :
Devon
West Devon
Belstone
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| Grid Ref : SX6147093040 |
| Summary : A Bronze Age round cairn situated on the summit of Watchet Hill. The cairn survives as a 0.8 metre high oval mound measuring 16.6 metres long north to south by 13.8 metres wide east to west. A T-shaped trench, the consequence of a partial early excavation, cuts through the central part of the mound. Adjacent to the south eastern side of the mound there is a 2.3 metre wide and 0.2 metre deep ditch. This represents the remains of the quarry ditch from which material was derived during the construction of the cairn. The ditch would have originally surrounded the mound but now survives largely as a buried feature. Scheduled. |
More information : The remains of a ruined tumulus, twelve yards in
diameter, lie one fifth of a mile NE of the Nine Stones (SX 69
SW 12) and thirty yards SW of a flag-staff on Watchet Hill.
(SX 61489304 on OS 6" 1903.) (1)
SX 6147 9304 A tumulus 15.6 metres in diameter and up to 0.6 metres
high. The centre and north-west side of the mound have been
mutilated but it is still very well defined. Surveyed at 1/2500. (2)
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