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Summary

Cairn to the south-west of Penn Beacon part of a linear group of barrows along the contour of 5 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012699: One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE159
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 910915
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/130
• Old SAM Ref: 10760

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Robinson, R. + Hankin, C., 1980, Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon (Worksheet). SDV151761.

Visited in April 1980. On steep south-west slope of Penn Beacon, a previously unrecorded barrow, part of a linear group of barrows along the contour. Circular, 5 metres diameter, circa 0.5 metres high. No sign of robbing. Turf covered, a few stones showing.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 191-3, 213, Map 52, Figure 52.14 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Penn Beacon S cairn '4' at SX59786229 of 4.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high is well preserved and almost certainly undamaged.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5962 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

The mound is not identifiable as an earthwork.

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.

The barrow was not identified on any aerial photographs or lidar derived visualisations available to the survey.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1012699 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This cairn is one of several lying on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon. It consists of a mound of earth and stone 5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres in height and covered with grass and heather.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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