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Flat-topped round cairn south-east of Sourton Tors

Grid ref: SX 5460 8943

On walking routes: West Devon Way

Main image: Photo: Chris Andrews, Wikimedia Commons

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007824) describes a round cairn on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking Bridestowe village. The mound is flat-topped, 9.7 metres across and up to 0.6 metres high. Several shallow hollows in its surface suggest partial early excavation or robbing. It lies in the parish of LCPs of Bridestowe and Sourton, about 1.2 km west of Shelstone Tor and 1.4 km south-east of Sourton.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1007824, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 151, Grinsell, Dartmoor Barrows (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 36, 1978), page 133, Robinson's scheduling report (1982), the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX58NW3) and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007824)
  • Grid reference: SX 5460 8943 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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