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| HER Number: | MDV103614 |
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| Name: | Clearance Cairns and Bank |
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Summary
Two small clearance cairns and a low, spread bank of stones and boulders.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 590 905 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of clearance cairns and stoney bank of unknown date to west of path, 430 metres south-south-west of West Mill Tor
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX59SE142
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1398502
- Pastscape: 1398502
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (XIX to Late 20th Century - 1900 AD? (Between) to 1999 AD? (Between))
Full description
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(29/05/2004) Two small cairns at SX 58989060 and SX 58989059 and a short length of a low, spread boulder/stone bank indicate stone clearance activity. Whether the amorphous bank was intended to be the start of a newtake bank is not clear. (It extends from SX58959059 to SX 59069059).
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Stoney bank and cairns visible on aerial photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #63120 ] |
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| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 6 2021 4:28PM |
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