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Summary

A small Bronze Age cairn circle measuring 6 metres in diameter and consisting of 13 turf-fast stones.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Remains of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill, surviving as earthworks and rubble banks and a length of the Bradford Leat
• Scheduled Monument 1021215: Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443672
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/96
• Old SAM Ref: 34479

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV255975.

Des=ancient monuments/(21/1/2004)/as above.Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on 'buttern hill'. The monument also includes a length of the 'bradford leat' (am).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68NE71 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV255974.

(27/06/1978 ) A small cairn circle situated at SX 65408949 in open moorland immediately below the crest of a broad topped spur at about 1300 ft OD. It has a diameter of 6.0m and consists of 13 turf-fast stones; three are recumbent, one stands to a height of 0.4m, and the remainder barely protrude through the turf.
Discovered during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM.

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

Not visible on RAF 1947 photos.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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