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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1020007) describes a cairn with a cist on a gentle south-facing slope of Barn Hill, above the valley of the River Walkham. The mound is 5.7 metres across and up to 0.2 metres high. The cist, a little south of the centre, is a stone-lined pit 0.98 metres long, 0.6 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Its floor is level with the present ground, and the side stones stand 0.3 metres above it. It sits within the extensive coaxial field system that covers much of Whitchurch Common and the slopes of Cox Tor. It lies in the parish of Whitchurch, about 0.5 km north of Feather Tor and 1.6 km west of Merrivale.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1020007, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 34.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1020007)
- Grid reference: SX 5333 7458 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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