Soussons Plantation. OSGR SX 6751 7869

Comments
Two sides only, in cairn circle. Not visible in 1890. Discovered in 1902, when human hair was found. The N end stone was made of small stones, while the S was just a blocking stone. Probably modern interference.

References
Barrow Report 22, TDA XXXV (1903) 142. 23, TDA XXXVI (1904) 101. 45, TDA LVIII (1926) 117.
TDA XXII (1890) 206.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p173, 191, 192.
Davidson & Seabrook DASP 31 (1973) 65.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Manaton 9.
J.R. Turner DASP 48 (1990) D2.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 24.2.6.
P. Newman The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor (2011) 48.
HER/SMR number 6014 SX 67 NE/36/1.
NMR number 442452 SX 67 NE 6

Plans of the site can be found in TDA XXXVI (1904), p101, LVIII (1926), p117, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p 183, and Butler II, p20.
Photographs of the site can be found in TDA LVIII (1926), p118, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) Plate 36A, & Newman (20110 p48.

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