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<< Our Photo Pages >> Western White Barrow - Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 05 March 2011  Page Views: 5402

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Western White Barrow Alternative Name: Petre's Cross, Western Whitebarrow, Grinsell Lyford 104; Butler (map 57.28); Western Wittaburrow
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Buckfastleigh  Nearest Village: Didworthy / Higher Combe
Map Ref: SX6535465480
Latitude: 50.473635N  Longitude: 3.898843W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Bladup : Petre's Cross on Western White Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)
Western White Barrow is a large cairn, 21m by 17.5 m and a maximum of 1.7 m high, and lies on the summit of a broad level hill at 480 m above OD. It has been badly mutilated by the construction of a two room building, with fireplace, 11.5 m by 4.7 m overall, within its mass, and its original form is conjectural. Petre's Cross (SX 66 NE 37) has been set up upon the cairn.

Source: Pastscape

Part of Petre's Cross has been set up in an inverted position on Western White Barrow (SX 66 NE 36) with the tenon upwards. The cross was destroyed in or about 1847 by workmen who built themselves a house on the cairn, and having knocked the arms off built the shaft into the building as a clavel over the fireplace. The building has been demolished but its remains are still visible. The cross was later re-erected to act as a boundary mark. Both arms are missing leaving it badly mutilated.

Source: Pastscape.

Update December 2019: This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the http://www.dartmoorwalks.org.uk/resource/site.php?SiteID=582. The cairn is also recorded as MDV5193 (Western Whitebarrow) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1002661 (Western White Barrow).
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Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Andy B : Petre's Cross - South Dartmoor The shaft of Petre's cross at Western Whitebarrow. The tip of Red Lake is in the background. The rocks are part of a crude shelter built into the ancient barrow by 19th century peat workers. This is a very exposed place and in bad weather would be a grim place to stay. Copyright Richard Knights and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Bladup : Western White Barrow with Eastern White Barrow in the distance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Bladup : Petre's Cross on Western White Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Western White Barrow
Western White Barrow submitted by Bladup

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