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Cairn south-east of Nattor

Grid ref: SX 5738 6717

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1012283) describes a cairn immediately south of the road, south-west of Nattor Farm. It is a mound of small stones and earth 20 metres across and 1 metre high and is reported to have held a cist, though none can be seen. It lies about 75 metres north-west of the Eylesbarrow reave and within 500 metres of several other cairns and enclosures. The mound has been damaged, probably when the farmland just north of the road was enclosed. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 1.3 km north-west of Eastern Tor and 1.5 km east of Sheepstor.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1012283, which cites Grinsell, Dartmoor Barrows (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 36, 1978), page 166, and the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX56NE-009.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012283)
  • Grid reference: SX 5738 6717 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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