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nigelswift Apr 13, 2014 17:34:51
Replying to wideford

I think "protected" in the minutes mean the discussion is protected, which is another problem.

It seems like the investigation was because of road widening and that "no damage" was seen which sort of suggests the road was intended to go near, not through. Have things changed?

It seems like it's a half-decent monument - "half dozen spaced stones protruding from the perimeter" or should we now say "was"?

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 13, 2014 17:53:37
Replying to nigelswift

There is a brief description in Jeremy Butler's ever excellent Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquties Vol. 3 (1994):

"... a cairn supporting Emmet's Post, one of the series of pillars put up about 1835 defining the boundary between Lee and Shaugh Moors. The cairn, a substantial mound with slightly hollowed top, (9.0 x 1.2 m) now lies at the very edge of the encroaching clay workings."

It also gets a couple of mentions in Crossing's Guide To Dartmoor (1909) as a landmark - but probably more the post than the "mound" it stands on.