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Monument Number 441647
Hob Uid: 441647
Location : Devon South Hams Shaugh Prior
Grid Ref : SX6120066980
Summary : A flat-topped cairn measuring 5.4m in diameter and standing a maximum of 0.4m high. A well-preserved cist 1.3m long, 0.6m wide and 0.15m deep is largely obscured by the coverstone recorded by Authority 3.Scheduled.
More information : (SX 61176696) Cist (NR) (1) Cist (Listed as 'F' by Worth) found at Deadman's Bottom, Langcombe, by Mr. Button. The cover-stone is still in position but the cist appears to have been rifled, the end and side-stones having been displaced at the north-east and southwest angles. Original length would appear to have been 2 feet 10 inches, and the width 1 foot 7 inches. The greatest length of the cover-stone is 4ft 9 inches and its greatest width 3 feet 1 1/2 inches. (2) At about 415m. OD, on a slight west slope, is a turf-covered cairn 5.5m. in diameter and 0.4m. high. A cover-stone 1.5m. long by 0.6m. wide and 0.3m. thick conceals the underlying cist. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD. (3) Depicted and described by Butler. (5) Depicted and described by Robertson. (6) SX 61206698. A flat-topped cairn measuring 5.4m in diameter and standing a maximum of 0.4m high. A well-preserved cist 1.3m long, 0.6m wide and 0.15m deep is largely obscured by the coverstone recorded by Authority 3. (7)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Source details : OS 6" 1968
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Source Number : 2
Source : Devonshire Association reports and transactions
Source details : (R Hansford Worth)
Page(s) : 40
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Plates : III
Vol(s) : 66, 1943

Source Number : 3
Source : Field Investigators Comments
Source details : F1 NVQ 12-SEP-78
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Source Number : 4
Source : Scheduled Monument Notification
Source details : 18-Sep-98
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Source Number : 5
Source : VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION
Source details : Butler J 1994 DARTMOOR ATLAS OF ANTIQUITIES Vol 3 - The South West
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Source Number : 6
Source : VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION
Source details : Robertson JG 1992 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UPPER PLYM VALLEY Unpublished PhD thesis Edinburgh University
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Source Number : 7
Source : VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION
Source details : Probert SAJ 22-AUG-2001 EH Field Investigation
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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, Cist
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28791
External Cross Reference Notes :

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 66 NW 31
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities : FIELD OBSERVATION ON SX 66 NW 27
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-09-12
End Date : 1978-09-12

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 441647