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| HER Number: | MDV53274 |
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| Name: | Ring cairn 850 meters south of Willsworthy Camp |
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Summary
Low banked ring cairn, approximately 16 meters in diameter on Willsworthy Range.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 522 824 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and stone remains of a prehistoric ring cairn on Black Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/195
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Glanville, P., 1994, Site visit to ring cairn on Willsworthy Range (Worksheet). SDV344533.
A very low banked ring cairn, positioned on the top of a fairly flat-topped hill, about 400 meters south of the ring cairn known as ‘Ring O’ Bells’. The cairn bank measures approximately 16 meters diameter externally and is 0.30 meters maximum in height (at the south-west segment) and is scarcely discernible at the north-east segment.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Probable cairn visible on the aerial photography, around 20 metres west of the grid reference given on the 1994 source.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV344533 | Worksheet: Glanville, P.. 1994. Site visit to ring cairn on Willsworthy Range. A4 Single Sheet. |
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94602 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV127205 | Related to: Down Pool, Black Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 7 2020 11:05AM |
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