Eylesbarrow Cairn
N 50° 30.020 W 003° 58.549
30U E 430795 N 5594717
A Dartmoor Cairn
Waymark Code: WM13XT
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/07/2007
Views: 16
Most cairns have been dated to the Early Bronze Age which places them to between 2300 and 1400 BC. The average Dartmoor cairn has a diameter of 28 feet. At the centre of the cairns was a burial that was either placed in a kist or a small pit.
Many Dartmoor cairns have had their stones used for other purposes such as the building of walls and cottages.
Eylesbarrow is one of the boundary points for the Forest of Dartmoor, on the 13 June 1240 King Henry lll ordered that the lands of his brother Richard of Cornwall should confirmed by a boundary perambulation in the Manor of Lydford, 12 knights of the country would undertake the mission. These days the Forest of Dartmoor is still owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and the same boundaries are used. Many people walk the 50 mile boundary each year.
Ordnance Survey map reference (10 figure) if within DNP – If outside the Park, add N/A: Not listed
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