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| HER Number: | MDV13000 |
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| Name: | Clearance cairn on Holne Moor |
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Summary
One of a group of three cairns on Holne Moor. The Ordnance Survey (1977) suggested these as Prehistoric cairns, but 1996 Royal Commission field survey (1996) reclassified as Medieval or later clearance mounds. This feature is turf covered and measures 2.7m diameter and 0.3m high, and is constructed of small boulders.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 682 711 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE112
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443185
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/155/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE112 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV166270.
(19/07/1977) A group of three cairns, more probably ritual than for field clearance. Two are joined by a short bank. Within the parallel reave system. These 3 probable cairns lie on a gentle, well drained south-east facing slope at 330m above OD.
A. SX 68207117, is turf covered 2.7m diameter and 0.3m high, and is constructed of small boulders.
Cairns (B) and (C) are linked by a slight scarp 0.2m high and the vague trace of a bank runs north west from (B). Whilst it is possibly that these mounds are the result of field clearance, their character seems too deliberate and the nearby walls of the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 92), within which they lie, would provide readier dumping grounds for surface stone.
Survey at 1:10 000 on PFD 1:200 Enlargement Survey on OS 495.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
SX 682 711 Not visible on NMR 1979 aerial photographs.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1996, Holne Moor Survey (Report - Survey). SDV154079.
(18/04/1996) SX68207110. A cluster of six small medieval or later clearance cairns within a contemporary field system immediately W of venford reservoir. There is no ground evidence to suggest that these are prehistoric features. A more dispersed collection of similar cairns (SX 67 SE 246) lies to the N.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV154079 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1996. Holne Moor Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. |
| SDV166270 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE112. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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
| MDV130254 | Related to: Cairns within reave system south-east of Combestone Tor (Monument) |
| MDV13003 | Related to: Clearance cairn in reave system west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV12987 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV13001 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV13002 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12988 | Related to: Small cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 22 2024 1:37PM |
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