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| HER Number: | MDV10758 |
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| Name: | Ring Cairn to the Southeast of White Cross, Sidmouth |
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Summary
Ring of stones uncovered in tractor ploughing for a plantation in a field 200m southeast of White Cross. It was composed of nodules of chert and flint large enough to stand out from the mass of disintegrated tiny flints with which the field is strewn. The centre of the ring is slightly raised. There are indications of similar structures in the neighbouring rough ground to the east. It is probably the remains of a small cairn-ring erected around a Bronze Age burial. The cairn was not identified during site visits in 1958 or 1975. It was probably destroyed during tree planting.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 117 923 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY19SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sidmouth |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SIDBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SW/20
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING CAIRN (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
Ring of stones uncovered in tractor ploughing for a plantation in a field 200m southeast of white cross. It was composed of nodules of chert and flint large enough to stand out from the mass of disintegrated tiny flints with which the field is strewn. The centre of the ring is slightly raised. There are indications of similar structures in the neighbouring rough ground to the east. It is probably the remains of a small cairn-ring erected around a bronze age burial (fox). Vis=-/8/1958(os) the site is densely overgrown and no trace of the ring is visible. Vis=5/11/1975 (os). The area is covered by a dense conifer plantation and the feature could not be identified. It was probably destroyed during tree planting.(os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97350.
Fox, a. /tda/85(1953)170/20th report on archaeology and early history.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97351.
Osa=sy19sw9.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2302 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.
Site of ring cairn. Nonvisible.
SMR.
Silvester, R. J., Undated, Cairn (Worksheet). SDV359042.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV351568 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 2302. |
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| SDV359042 | Worksheet: Silvester, R. J.. Undated. Cairn. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Register. Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV97350 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV97351 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 24 2016 10:15AM |
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