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Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "Big Tip"?
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1021048) describes three round cairns on a lower east-facing slope of Laughter Tor, above the valley of the East Dart River. The scheduling falls into two areas. The northern is a mound 6.4 metres across and up to 0.7 metres high, with stones showing on the east side that may be a kerb surviving buried. The central cairn is 7 metres across and 0.7 metres high, and its near neighbour 5.6 metres across and up to 0.6 metres high and may also have a kerb. All three have slight hollows that suggest partial early excavation or robbing. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 1.6 km north-west of Yar Tor and 1.8 km north-west of Dartmeet.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1021048, which cites the Duchy Farms Survey of Brimpts Farm at 1:10,000 (1988).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1021048)
- Grid reference: SX 6642 7473 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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