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ID:SDV360188
Title:A Stone Circle and Cairn Group on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead, Devon
Originator:Newman, P.
Date:2017
Summary:A survey of a cairn cemetery, stone circle and other prehistoric earthworks, located along the western ridge of Mardon Down, Dartmoor, was commissioned by Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) in January of 2017. The survey is required, to help improve understanding of the Mardon Down prehistoric cairn, stone circle and other earthworks, inform future management decisions regarding the archaeological landscape on Mardon Down and provide an accurate survey that will assist with the application for scheduled monument designation for the monuments concerned.

Associated Monuments (17)

MDV119184Bank on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV19004Blackpool, Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV8310Cairn 15 metre south of Giant's Grave, Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV8308Cairn Circle on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV15158Cairn south of stone circle on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead (Monument)
MDV15159Circular feature north-west of stone circle on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV20069Clearance cairn to north of Giant's Grave, Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV8309Giant's Grave cairn, Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV119196Gun pit 40 metres north-east of seasonal pond on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV119195Gun pit 60 metres north-east of Giant's Grave, Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV119183Gun pit on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV8289Mardon Down Stone Circle, Moretonhampstead (Monument)
MDV8332Parallel Reave System on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead. (Monument)
MDV12771Probable ring cairn by path on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV105981Ridge and Furrow on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead (Monument)
MDV19003Ring Cairn to north-west of Stone Circle on Mardon Down (Monument)
MDV12768Small circular feature on Mardon Down (Monument)