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Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "the Sepulchre"?
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1020244) describes a round cairn on a gentle north-west-facing slope of Cosdon Hill, above the valley of the River Taw. It is 7.3 metres across and up to 0.8 metres high. Edge-set stones round the south edge suggest a kerb that survives buried elsewhere, and a hollow in the north side is from partial robbing or an early undocumented excavation. It lies in the parish of South Tawton, about 1 km east of Ladybrook Tor and 1.8 km south-east of Belstone.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1020244, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 147.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1020244)
- Grid reference: SX 6338 9247 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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