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Summary

A mound, probably a cairn of later prehistoric date, is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as an earthwork on the south-west facing slopes to the north-west of Thorne Cross Farm, Chudleigh. The mound appears to have been reduced in size on images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two Bronze Age cairns south of Blackstub Covert

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 447221
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88SE/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283749.

Osa=sx88se4a/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283750.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)31.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283751.

Baker, d. /(9/9/1991)/worksheet in parish file.

Baker, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV284386.

Vis=25/6/1953(os) bronze age cairn, diam 11.0m, heig 500mm. Excavated centrally showing core of flints, but not deep enough to have disturbed interment. One of a pair (os). Vis=13/10/1981 (os). Cairn "a" 11.5m diameter and 0.4m high with central excavation hollow. Bracken and bramble covered and in fair condition (os). Vis=6/9/1981 (grinsell and turner). Under dense gorse and brambles (grinsell and turner). Vis=estimated -/-/1991 (baker). Site covered with earth and rubble, and colonised by brambles and gorse. Cairn not recognizable. The field on the edge of which it lies has been levelled for use as an air-field (baker).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3013-3014 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

A 13.5m diameter mound is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8981 23-AUG-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

A 9.5m diameter mound is visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A roughly circular mound up to circa 13.5m across is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 on the south-west facing slopes to the north-west of Thorne Cross Farm, Chudleigh. The mound might be a cairn of later prehistoric date, part of a large group recorded along the spur to the south and west. No obvious evidence of damage to the earthwork is apparent on the 1946 aerial photographs.
A smaller mound, circa 9.5m across is visible on images derived from aerial photographs of 2016. This might support the interpretation that the mound was deliberately reduced in scale in the second half of the 20th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV283749	Migrated Record:
SDV283750	Migrated Record:
SDV283751	Migrated Record:
SDV284386	Report - Survey: Baker.
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3013-3014 04-NOV-1946.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8981 23-AUG-2016. [Mapped feature: #113263 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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