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HER Number: | MDV12744 |
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Name: | Cairn near the junction of Shavercombe Lake and River Plym. |
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Summary
A slight cairn with retaining circle, enclosing a cist aligned with sse-nnw, near the junction of Shavercombe Lake and River Plym.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 590 658 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/229
- Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Unknown, MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA (Migrated Record). SDV331.
Vis=2/6/1995 (gerrard) at sx59096577. Round cairn containing a cist. Lies within an historic field and forms part of a complex multi period archaeological landscape on the nw slope of hen tor overlooking the valley of the river plym. Mound is 2.9m in diam and stands up to 0.15m high. A kerb of small upright granite slabs surround the mound which has been excavated to reveal a cist orientated sse-nnw. The interior of the cist is 0.5m by 0.44m by 0.2m deep (mpp).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.
Vis=-/5/1976 (grinsell) a slight cairn with retaining circle, enclosing a cist aligned with sse-nnw, near the junction of shavercombe lake and river plym.
1978, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148449.
Hentor farm. Cairn stone ring 3m diameter. Cist 50cm x 44cm. No cairn or capstone now visible (1978) (turner).
TURNER, 1990, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148451.
Platform circle. Ring of kerbstones, 2.9m diam internally, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.15m high with central cist. The kerb stones are to same height as the central cairn fill (turner, 1990).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148453.
Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)165/shaugh prior 48.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148454.
Turner, j. /pdas newsletter/9 jan(1978)3/fieldwork on dartmoor.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148455.
Osa=sx56ne190.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148456.
Turner, j. R. /pdas/48(1990)76/e45.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148457.
Des=mpp/140447.
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV26818.
Not visible on 1946 raf verticals (rchm app 1985).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV1004 | Migrated Record: |
SDV148449 | Migrated Record: 1978. |
SDV148451 | Migrated Record: TURNER, 1990. |
SDV148453 | Migrated Record: |
SDV148454 | Migrated Record: |
SDV148455 | Migrated Record: |
SDV148456 | Migrated Record: |
SDV148457 | Migrated Record: |
SDV26818 | Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985. |
SDV331 | Migrated Record: Unknown. MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA. Monument Protection Programme. Unknown. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2015 10:11AM |
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