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| HER Number: | MDV121528 |
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| Name: | Cairn cemetery west of settlement on Chagford Common, Chagford |
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Summary
Cairn cemetery with at least five cairns to the west of the northern Prehistoric settlement on Chagford Common. They are probably some of the nine cairns excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1900 on Chagford Common.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 678 836 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 68 SE 103
- Pastscape: 443914
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN CEMETERY (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Baring Gould, S., 1901, 7th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 137 (Article in Serial). SDV249499.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 135, Chagford 1-10? (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 29-30, 238, Figure 25.1, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Five cairns recorded at SX678836 on Chagford Common. To the west of Settlement 7 are a group of at least five low mounds. These are circa 5 metres in diameter and up to 0.3 metres high with other even smaller ones in the vicinity. Most have a shallow pit with a few exposed stones at the centre. They are probably some of the nine cairns excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1900 on Chagford Common. The excavators found that several of these mounds covered pits containing wood charcoal and in one case burnt bones as well.
Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape, 15, Figure 1 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.
Five cairns lie 100 metres north of enclosure B, of which some were probably investigated in 1900 but provided no reliable dating evidence.
Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England, 1018926 (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.
The monument includes three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields, an openwork, streamworks, and a tin mine situated on an east facing slope of Chagford Common overlooking the Walla Brook.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 29-30, 238, Figure 25.1, Map 25. |
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| SDV249499 | Article in Serial: Baring Gould, S.. 1901. 7th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 33. Digital. 137. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 135, Chagford 1-10?. |
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| SDV360382 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Passmore, A. J.. 1997. Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape. King Alfred's College, Winchester. A4 Comb Bound. 15, Figure 1. |
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| SDV360653 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2018. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. 1018926. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13038 | Parent of: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument) |
| MDV13037 | Parent of: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument) |
| MDV13036 | Parent of: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV64199 | Parent of: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV64200 | Parent of: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV7602 - HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC?)
Associated Events
- EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape
- EDV8520 - Cairn investigated, Chagford Common
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 27 2022 12:16PM |
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