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Monument Number 439118
Hob Uid: 439118
Location : Devon South Hams Shaugh Prior
Grid Ref : SX5854164443
Summary : A disturbed, turf covered cairn measuring 4.2 metres by 6 metres and standing 0.5 metres high. A cist has been exposed near the eastern edge of the mound. The Bronze Age cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
More information : (SX 58526446) Cist (NR). (1) A barrow 22 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, containing a cist, approximately 2 feet square, the side and end-stones in place but the cover missing. The western end-stone is inclined inwards. (2) SX 58546444. A small round cairn, 5.0m. diameter and 0.5m. high, on a gentle, well drained, clitter strewn, west facing slope at 355m. above OD. It is built of small boulders, now turf covered, and a cist lies within the cairn on the south-east side. The cist comprises the side and end stones, measures internally 0.7m. by 0.6m. wide, and is aligned on a grid bearing of 130o. The cover-stone is missing. 1:10 000 Survey on PFD. (3) Depicted and described by Robertson and Butler. (5-6) SX 58546445. A disturbed, turf covered cairn measuring 4.2m N to S by 6.0m and 0.5m high. A cist has been exposed near the E fringe of the mound and measures 0.65m by 0.7m and 0.3m deep. The former coverstone is partially buried to the W of the cairn's centre. The ovoid shape of the cairn and the presence of the cist so close to the margin suggests that it has been heaviy disturbed with much material removed from the E side and dumped to the W. There is no evidence to suggest the former presence of a kerb. (7) The Bronze Age cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. It is centred on SX 58543 64444. The cairn mound measures approximately 5.8m in diameter. Scheduled monument NHLE 1018357. (8-9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Robertson JG 1991 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UPPER PLYM VALLEY Unpublished PhD Thesis Edinburgh University
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Source details : Butler J 1994 DARTMOOR ATLAS OF ANTIQUITIES Vol 3 - The South West
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Source details : Probert SAJ 23-APR-2002 EH Field Investigation
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Source details : LIDAR Environment Agency DSM 25-FEB-2019
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Source details : Historic England SfM Orthomosaic 30-MAR-2021
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Cairn, Cist, Round Cairn
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10638
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 56 SE 5
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External Cross Reference Source : OASIS ID
External Cross Reference Number : nmr1-512111
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External Cross Reference Source : HER Number (Dartmoor National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : MDV2495
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-08-22
End Date : 1977-08-22

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2001-02-14
End Date : 2002-12-20

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 439118