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Monument Number 440312
Hob Uid: 440312
Location : Devon West Devon Dartmoor Forest
Grid Ref : SX5534774715
Summary : A disturbed Bronze Age cairn composed of soil and stone 4 metres in overall diameter and a maximum 0.9 metres high. It has a ragged central pit, 1.3 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres deep. Spoil from this pit is spread across the mound. There is no evidence of a retaining kerb. The Bronze Age cairn was recorded as an earthwork on 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography and visualisations of a Digital Elevation Model derived from the orthomosaic.
More information : SX 55367470 Cairn, diameter 3.6m and height 0.3m. Visited October 1975. (1) A small but distinct cairn, its stone content exposed by a central excavation, situated at SX 55357471. The diameter is as recorded by Grinsell, but the height 0.5m Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500 (See SX 57 SE 12). (2) SX55357472. A disturbed cairn composed of soil and stone 4.0m in overall diameter and a maximum 0.6m high. It has a ragged, 1.3 diameter 0.4m deep central pit: spoil from this pit is spread across the mound. There is no evidence of a retaining kerb. Listed by Butler as a 3.6m diameter cairn pitted at the centre. (3 and 4) The Bronze Age cairn was recorded as an earthwork on 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography and visualisations of a Digital Elevation Model derived from the orthomosaic. The slight hollow in the top of the cairn mound measures approximately 1.3m by 0.7m on plan. The sub-circular cairn mound is approximately 3.9m in diameter. The site is scheduled (NHLE 1013429) and within the English Heritage Trust Merrivale Guardianship Area. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. (5-6)

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Source details : (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : F1 NVQ 13-MAR-80
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Source details : Fletcher M 30-OCT-1999 English Heritage Field Investigation
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Source details : Butler J 1994 Dartmoor Atlas Of Antiquities The South West map 44
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Source details : Historic England Structure from Motion Digital Surface Model 30-MAR-2021
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Source details : Historic England Structure from Motion Orthomosaic 30-MAR-2021
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Cairn
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Hollow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 57 SE 100
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24193
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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 : MDV28496
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-03-13
End Date : 1980-03-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1999-10-01
End Date : 2000-02-21

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 440312