<< Our Photo Pages >> Hillson's House - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hillson's House Alternative Name: Hillsons House; Grinsell Cornwood 22; Butler 7 (V3 54.18)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX63666228
Latitude: 50.444481N Longitude: 3.921536W
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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Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website as Hillson's House Cairn and in their Stalldown Stone Row [Photo Set 2] entries, this site is described as: "On the summit of Stalldown barrow is a large flat-toped cairn around 17.5m across. The cairn has been damaged by the construction of shelters within it - hence it is known as Hillson's House."
Pastscape Monument 442217 adds that this is "the ruins of a square erection built on Stalldown Barrow .... at 415 metres above OD (Ordnance Data)."
This cairn is also recorded as MDV4302 (Prehistoric Cairn at Stalldown Barrow with a small shelter known as 'Hillson's House' in the centre, Cornwood) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, which adds that the "vegetation (surrounding) suggests ditch. Size and prominent position on Stalldown indicate it has always been a significant landmark." It is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1012712 (Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown).
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