<< Our Photo Pages >> Cator Common Cairn Circle - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cator Common Cairn Circle Alternative Name: Grinsell Widecombe in the Moor 1; Turner B3Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Cator Court / Bellever
Map Ref: SX6742678001
Latitude: 50.586648N Longitude: 3.874116W
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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This embanked cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Cator Common Embanked Cairn Circle, which tells us the cairn is to the south west of Cator Pound, is 15ft in diameter, 3ft high and comprised small stones overgrown with gorse and heather.
The cairn is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442453 and as MDV5978 (Cairn on Cator Common) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. The latter tells us this cairn is "Hollow towards centre. Retaining circle of c.28 upright slabs, mostly turned inwards. Diameter 18.0m, height 0.6m."
The cairn is also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1003297 (Two cairns on Cator Common)
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