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| HER Number: | MDV103612 |
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| Name: | Clearance cairn on Buttern Hill |
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Summary
A mound of granite boulders 5.2 metres in diameter and 0.9 metres high at SX 65658917, is in a dilapidated state. It is probably a field clearance cairn.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 656 891 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Remains of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill, surviving as earthworks and rubble banks and a length of the Bradford Leat
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE167
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619264
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Unknown date)
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(09/07/1984) A mound of granite boulders 5.2 metres in diameter and 0.9 metres high at SX 65658917, is in a dilapidated state. It is probably a field clearance cairn.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Pile of stones visible on the aerial photography.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #63118 ] |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 22 2022 4:07PM |
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