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| HER Number: | MDV112763 |
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| Name: | Probable round cairn on Welstor Common |
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Summary
Cairn measures 24 metres in diameter, located on the southern end of the Buckland Common Ridge. Although the cairn is low, it does not appear to have been extensively robbed of stone.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 737 730 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Buckland Common and Blackslade Down, including prehistoric hut circle settlements and cairns, medieval and later remains
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND CAIRN (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Roughly circular feature visible on the aerial photographs.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Area of the cairn appears to be visible on the aerial photography. Map object based on this source.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 60, figure 18 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Probable round cairn at SX73739 73009. Cairn measures 24 metres in diameter, located on the southern end of the Buckland Common Ridge, before the land falls away south-west to the enclosures around Ashburton. Although the cairn is low, it does not appear to have been extensively robbed of stone. Condition stable.
Map object based on this source.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.
(29/08/2020) Not easy to locate this feature due to vegetation in area Heavy gorse inundation (90% of site) but otherwise appears stable. Due to total gorse cover for a large area around this cairn, there is a danger of it becoming totally inundated.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.
Image taken during August 2020 visit.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
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| SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 60, figure 18. |
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| SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
| SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV103648 | Related to: Large field system centred on Halshanger Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2021 10:32AM |
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