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| HER Number: | MDV57422 |
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| Name: | Cairn lying north-east of the Langcombe Brook, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Western of two cairns or hut circles lying north-east of the Langcombe Brook. Measures 4.4 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high with a central pit 1.8 metres square.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 607 669 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV57441
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/203
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/203/3
- Old SAM Ref: 28787(P)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 14054a, [add38. doc] (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(09/05/1996) SX 6070 6697 Two cairns lying north east of the Langcombe Brook. Round cairn, diameter 4.4 metres height 0.4 metres. Robbed. Central pit 1.8 metres square. Butler shows this structure as a hut, but it is probably a cairn. Rushes in interior, grass and heather.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 148, Map 50, Site 2 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Site '2' at Langcombe valley includes two hut circles on the south side of a fragment of an enclosure. This western hut of circa 3.5 metres diameter is the larger of the two.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Possibly visible on aerial photograph.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1016145 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
Within scheduled area.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 148, Map 50, Site 2. |
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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 14054a, [add38. doc]. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #139409 Feature requires ground truthing, but this is potentially location, ] |
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| SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1016145. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57423 | Related to: Cairn north-east of Langcombe Brook, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV57424 | Related to: Enclosure 200 metres north-east of the Langcombe Brook, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV12420 | Related to: Enclosure east of Langcombe Brook, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 21 2022 1:57PM |
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