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| HER Number: | MDV12987 |
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| Name: | Clearance cairn on Holne Moor |
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Summary
One of two cairns lying on a gentle, well drained south east facing slope. One measures 1.2m diameter and 0.4m high. The second is 1.9m diameter and 0.3m high. They are both constructed of small boulders and turf covered. The Ordnance Survey (1977) suggested these as Prehistoric cairns, but 1996 Royal Commission field survey reclassified as Medieval or later clearance mounds.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 679 709 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE104
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443159
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/143
- Old SAM Ref: 22368
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE104 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV153263.
(07/07/1977) Two cairns lie on a gentle, well drained south east facing slope at 335m above OD.
a. SX 67947100. This cairn, 1.2m diameter and 0.4m high, is constructed of small boulders and turf covered.
It is possible that these mounds are field clearance heaps, but it is very unlikely since the area is free of surface stone and the nearby walls of the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 92), within which the cairns lie, would have provided more convenient dumping grounds.
Divorced Survey at 1:10 000 on PFD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1979 NMR aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1996, Holne Moor Survey, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV154079.
(25/04/1996) Centred SX 67957100. Several small clearance cairns lie on the moderate SE facing slope W of Venford reservoir. There is no evidece to suggest that these features which lie in an area of intensive medieval and later cultivation are prehistoric in origin.
Similar features (SX 67 SE 112 and 113) lie within the same field system to the N.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV153263 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE104. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV154079 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1996. Holne Moor Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. S. A. J. Probert. |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV130254 | Related to: Cairns within reave system south-east of Combestone Tor (Monument) |
| MDV13003 | Related to: Clearance cairn in reave system west of Venford Reservoir, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV13000 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV13001 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV13002 | Related to: Clearance cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12988 | Related to: Small cairn on Holne Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 2 2022 1:09PM |
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