<< Our Photo Pages >> Upper Erme Cairns - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upper Erme Cairns Alternative Name: Grinsell Cornwood 9; Butler (map 55.7.2)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX6352264958
Latitude: 50.468519N Longitude: 3.924455W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cairn 2 is a large cairn just upslope from the stone row about half a kilometre from the southern end. It is about 15 metres in diameter, and still well over a metre high, but has been much modified and made into a shelter. In the centre is a pit, possibly the remains of a burial cist, possibly more modern alterations for a fireplace.
Superb views all around over the Erme valley, with the Erme Plains and Erme Pound settlements clearly visible on the opposite side of the river. Stalldon stone row is visible on the hilltop to the south, looking like a group of walkers marching over the hilltop.
Update December 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Upper Erme Cairn. The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442159 and as MDV4366 (Cairn adjacent to the Stall Moor stone row). For more information about the Stalldown stone row, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Stalldown, which includes a plan of the row and its associated cairns.
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488m S 179° Upper Erme Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63526447)
516m S 179° Stall Moor circle* Stone Circle (SX6351764442)
650m NNW 345° Knackersmill Gulf North Cist Cist (SX63376559)
680m NE 34° Erme Pound Cist Cist (SX63926551)
690m ENE 57° Hook Lake Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6411265318)
696m ENE 57° Brown Heath Cairn and Cist* Chambered Cairn (SX6411465327)
704m NE 51° Hook Lake Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6408065390)
732m NNE 17° Erme Pound* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6375965651)
1.1km NNE 12° Redlake Foot* Cist (SX63786607)
1.2km S 177° Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX63566380)
1.4km SSE 163° Dry Lake North Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX639636)
1.7km SSW 211° Ranny Brookhead Cist* Cist (SX62616354)
1.7km S 187° Stalldown North* Cairn (SX63276323)
1.8km SW 219° Ranny Brook Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6232963551)
1.9km ENE 73° Western White Barrow* Cairn (SX6535465480)
2.0km SW 223° Ranny Brook North Cist* Cist (SX62156355)
2.1km SW 224° Yealm Steps* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX62016348)
2.4km SSE 158° Three Barrows West prehistoric settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6436762738)
2.5km ENE 62° Buckland Ford* Stone Circle (SX65746604)
2.5km S 186° Stalldown Encircled Cairn* Cairn (SX6320862489)
2.5km S 185° Stalldon Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63236248)
2.5km ENE 59° Huntingdon Warren Clapper Bridge* Ancient Trackway (SX65706619)
2.5km S 184° Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E* Cairn (SX63286245)
2.5km ESE 105° Knatta Barrow Ring Cairn (SX6595464218)
2.5km SSW 203° Harrowthorn* Cairn (SX6244662645)
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