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| HER Number: | MDV4673 |
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| Name: | Cairn east of Lake Down |
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Summary
Diameter 15.0m, height 0.5m (approximately). This cairn has been very badly mutilated, the centre having practically disappeared. One of a pair of cairns; a large ring cairn lies 30m to the south-west.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 544 888 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lands common to the Parishes of Bridestowe and Sourton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIDESTOWE AND SOURTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58NW8
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440528
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/37
- Old SAM Ref: 24058
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58NW8, Cairn A (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236376.
(27/07/1950) Centred: SX 544888. There are a number of cairns in area shown (citing Worth, R. H., 07/12/1948).
'A' (SX 54458889) Diameter 15.0m approx, height 0.5m approximately. This cairn has been very badly mutilated, the centre having practically disappeared.
Located and surveyed on Field Document.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 133 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
(13/09/1975) resembles a ring cairn, but cairn material suggests that it is a robbed cairn.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130749 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(30/04/1993) Round cairn. Mound measures 16m in diameter and stands up to 0.8m high. A central hollow, measuring 10m long, 6m wide and 0.4m deep, suggests partial early excavation or robbing.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 151 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 151. |
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| SDV236376 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX58NW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. Cairn A. |
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 133. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130749. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV50572 | Related to: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Lands common to the Parishes of Bridestowe and Sourton (Monument) |
| MDV4674 | Related to: Ring cairn 975 metres south of Sourton Tors (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 2:58PM |
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