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Monument Number 439121
Hob Uid: 439121
Location : Devon South Hams Shaugh Prior
Grid Ref : SX5856864341
Summary : Two cairns 6.5m and 7.0m in diameter and a maximum of 0.5m high. Both features possess large hollows in their centres. The Bronze Age cairns, one containing a cist, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as a structure and earthworks 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 58546435) & (58566435) Cairns (NR). (1) Two cairns which lie near the bottom of a gentle, well-drained west facing slope at 350.m. above OD. SX 58566433: A small round cairn, 6.6m. diameter and 0.5m. high, built of small boulders, now turf covered, and with a central hollow. SX 58586433: A small round cairn, 7.5m. diameter and 0.5m. high built of small boulders, now turf-covered, and with a central hollow. 1:10 000 Survey on PFD. (2) Listed under round barrows, cairns and cists. (3) SX 58566433. Cairn, measuring roughly 3 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. The end and side slabs of the cist survive but the coverstone is missing. SX58586433. Cairn mound, measuring approximately 3 metres in diameter and standing 0.5 metres high. The end and side slabs of the cist are in situ but the coverstone is missing. There are traces of a possible retaining kerb. Scheduled. (4) Two cairns depicted and described by Butler. (5) SX 58566434 and SX 58586434. These features remain as described by Authority 2. (6) The Bronze Age cairns, one containing a cist, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as a structure and earthworks 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. The western round cairn is centred on SX 58559 64342. The cairn mound measures approximately 6.4m in diameter. The eastern round cairn, in which one stone of its cist is visible in the aerial sources, is centred on SX 58581 64342; its mound measures approximately 8.1m in diameter. Scheduled monuments NHLE 1012051 and NHLE 1012042. (7-8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : F1 CC 24-AUG-77
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Source details : (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : 27-NOV-1991 and 28-NOV-1991
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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 11-APR-2021
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Source Number : 8
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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
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10640
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10641
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 56 SE 6
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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 : MDV42216
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External Cross Reference Source : HER Number (Dartmoor National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : MDV2418
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-08-24
End Date : 1977-08-24

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 439121