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| HER Number: | MDV28485 |
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| Name: | Cairn on edge of quarry south of Western Beacon, Ugborough |
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Summary
Remains of a large Cairn '7' (Butler) on the edge of a quarry to the south of Western Beacon. Stony mound of 20 metres by 12 metres and 1.8 metrs high. Cut by a quarry pit showing that the cairn was constructed around the granite outcrop
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 653 575 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX65NE64
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441238
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/301
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Possibly shown on 19th century map on west side of quarry.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 172, Numbers 23a & 23b (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
SX 65395758 Cairn, or stoneheap from industrial workings measuring 24 metres in diameter by 3metres high. Other large oval stoneheaps located in the area are probably tin miner's spoil-heaps.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Quarries marked but not described.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 34-6, 244, Map 53, Figure 53.13 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Western Beacon cairn '7' at SX65395757 of 26 metres diameter by 4.0 metres on the western edge of a quarry which has destroyed about a third of the feature but the rest is relatively undisturbed.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441238, SX65NE64 (Website). SDV363416.
Cairn, or stoneheap from industrial workings.
Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12, 7.1.7 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.
Cairn recorded during survey.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
Oval feature shown on modern mapping.
Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.
Visited on 8th January 2021, surveyed and photographed. Tor cairn on Western Beacon: large stony mound, 20 metres north-east to south-west, 12 metres north-west to south-east, 1.8 metrs high, cut by quarry pit, showing that cairn was constructed around granite outcrop.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 172, Numbers 23a & 23b. |
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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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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 34-6, 244, Map 53, Figure 53.13. |
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| SDV363416 | Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441238, SX65NE64. |
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| SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3099 | Related to: Stone quarries at Western Beacon, Ugborough Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 20 2022 10:33AM |
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