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| HER Number: | MDV12716 |
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| Name: | Alleged cairn, Elyesbarrow reave |
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Summary
Grinsell cites Breton (1914) who records a possible cairn incorporated into the reave in this area, but is unlikely. Ordnance Survey visit (1980) records the reave is cut about in the vicinity of SX 56756667 and overspread in many places but no cairn could be found incorporated within it. Survey in 2005 also could not locate a cairn here.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 567 666 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Section of the Eylesbarrow Reave, a Bronze Age boundary work across Ringmoor Down, and adjacent Bronze Age cairns
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE191
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439037
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/201
- Old SAM Ref: 10599
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX56NE202
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Breton, H. H., 1914, Beautiful Dartmoor and its Interesting Antiquities, 56 (Monograph). SDV256843.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 166, Ringmoor Down 13d (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
(27/02/1977) SX 5675 6658 (approx) A cairn incorporated in a long reave. Diameter 3.5m, height 0.4m. Cites Breton, 1914, 56.
Fleming, A., 1978, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor, 97-123 (Article in Serial). SDV235265.
Cairn incorporated in the Eylesbarrow Reave at SX 567 666.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX56NE191 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV231910.
(16/09/1980) The reave is cut about in the vicinity of SX 56756667 and overspread in many places but no cairn could be found incorporated within it.
(The cairn at SX 56906676 (SX 56 NE 162) is adjacent to the reave, not incorporated in it).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1946 aerial photogrraphs.
Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV231905.
(1990) Measures 2m in diameter, 0.2m high.
Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.
(14/02/2005) The reave in the area of the given NGR has been severly damaged by stone removal in more recent centuries. Several small cairns and amorphous piles of recovered stones lie on or adjacent to the remains of the reave.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231905 | Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1990. Schedule note. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown. |
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| SDV231910 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX56NE191. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV235265 | Article in Serial: Fleming, A.. 1978. The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 1: South Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 44. Unknown. 97-123. |
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| SDV256843 | Monograph: Breton, H. H.. 1914. Beautiful Dartmoor and its Interesting Antiquities. Beautiful Dartmoor and its Interesting Antiquities. 56. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 166, Ringmoor Down 13d. [Mapped feature: #4622 ] |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56210 | Related to: Cairn on south side of reave on Ringmoor Down, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV48901 | Related to: Eylesbarrow Watershed Reave (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
- EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 22 2022 1:36PM |
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