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Summary

A roughly L-shaped mound is visible as a curvilinear earthwork bank up to circa 6m wide and 20m long, within a field forming part of a medieval field system on the south-facing slopes north-east of Lower Cadworthy Farm. A low raised area extending north-east of the mound might be evidence of spread mound material.
The mound is interpreted as the remains of a clearance cairn, possibly of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Faint earthwork remains of a prehistoric pound and associated field system north-east of Lower Cadworthy Farm

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) CLEARANCE CAIRN (Unknown date)
• MOUND (Unknown date)
• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Not shown on 19th century Meavy Tithe Map.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Not shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/540/318, RAF/540/318/SFF0 0028 22-APR-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363312.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5564 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A mound is identifiable as an earthwork.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5664 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A mound is visible as an earthwork and cropmark.

Berry, N., 2005, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon, Sites 64, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory (Report - Survey). SDV360144.

Large stone dump forming a level area uphill. Consists of large boulders and smaller stones and may represent an amalgamation of several smaller clearance cairns in Field Number 812 on the Tithe Map. The mound is circa 10 metres from east to west and 12 metres from north to south. The front scarp is up to 3 metres wide by 1.5 metres high.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Environment Agency, 2011, LIDAR data JPEG images (2 metre resolution) (Cartographic). SDV348634.

Feature visible on Lidar image.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Not shown on modern mapping.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A roughly L-shaped mound is visible as a curvilinear earthwork bank up to circa 6m wide and 20m long, within a field forming part of a medieval field system on the south-facing slopes north-east of Lower Cadworthy Farm. A low raised area extending north-east of the mound might be evidence of spread mound material.
The mound is interpreted as the remains of a clearance cairn, possibly of medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7251 - Lower Cadworthy Farm: Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey
• EDV5292 - Survey of buildings at Lower Cadworthy, Meavy
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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