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| HER Number: | 1929.18 |
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| Name: | LADY DOWN - Prehistoric cairn |
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Summary
A sepulcharal or clearance cairn situated on a hilltop in open close-cropped moorland and apparently associated with a field system and settlement.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NW 9N
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1929.18
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NW 76
Monument Type(s):
- CAIRN (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
A sepulcharal or clearance cairn situated on a hilltop in open close-cropped moorland and apparently associated with a field system and settlement (1929). This feature was surveyed from the air and on the ground in the 1980s by the RCHM (h1, h2, b1). According to the latter, it is a turf covered stony spread, approximately 5.4m in diameter and 0.3m high, its centre has been excavated to a depth of 0.3m. The purpose of the mound cannot be positively identified; it could be a small sepulchral or, more likely, a laid clearance cairn similar to others found within the field system (1929.3).
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Site history:
2: 198-. FLETCHER, M / RCHM
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<1> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1076 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1076. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 1929 | Part of: LADY DOWN - Prehistoric field system, Prehistoric hut circle settlement (Monument) |
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