HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV132194
Name:Cairn to the east of large cairn north of Narrator Brook, Walkhampton

Summary

Cairn to the east of the large cairn to the north of Narrator Brook of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high

Location

Grid Reference:SX 592 694
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CAIRN (Constructed, Neolithic - 4000 BC (Between) to 2201 BC (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 67-68, 208, Map 47, Figure 47.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Narrator Brookhead Cairn '5' at SX59266944 of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high has two inner rings but no apparent retaining circle. The cairn has been dug into.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Possibly visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 67-68, 208, Map 47, Figure 47.5. [Mapped feature: #134863 ]
SDV345590Aerial Photograph: Cartographic Engineering. 2006. Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV3375Related to: Cairn 170 metres north-east of Down Tor Stone Row, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3435Related to: Enclosure east of Down Tor, 740 metres north east of Combshead Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3502Related to: Hingston Hill Stone Row, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV131006Related to: Small cairn 130 metres south-west of the large Hingston Hill cairn, Walkhampton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
  • EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area

Date Last Edited:Dec 29 2021 9:14AM