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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002660) describes a round cairn known as Eastern White Barrow, on a prominent ridge on the north-eastern side of Quickbeam Hill. It is a circular stony mound up to 26 metres across and 3.5 metres high. A secondary cylindrical marker cairn on the summit was allegedly built by soldiers during the Second World War. It lies in the parish of South Brent.
In 1240, 1609 and 1796 the cairn was one of the bounds of the Forest of Dartmoor. Other remains nearby are scheduled separately.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1002660 (updated 18 November 2015), which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 4 (1993), page 159, and PastScape 441441.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1002660)
- Grid reference: SX 6653 6515 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“I was going to a little world, isolated, away from the madding crowd, and with miles of wild moorland, and rushing streams, which whispered, the former of snipe, plover and woodcock, the latter of salmon and trout.”
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