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| HER Number: | MDV13037 |
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| Name: | Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common |
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Summary
One of at least five carins of 4.7 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high forming part of a Prehistoric cemetery 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: SX68SE101
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443912
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/144
- Old SAM Ref: 28728
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 135 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
SX 67848362 Cairn with hollow at its centre sited on hill spur. Found October 1975, diameter 4m, height 0.3m. (see also SX 68 SE 103 for unlocated cairn excavated on Chagford Common).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1946 Royal Air Force or National Monuments Record aerial photographs.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149387, 29/1/1999 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Cairn forming part of a cairn cemetery on Chagford Common. Round cairn. Diameter 4.7 metres, height 0.4 metres. Slight unsurveyable central hollow. A fragmentary and spread bank leads away from this mound towards the nearby agglomerated enclosure.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 29-30, Figure 25.1, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.
One of at leat five low mounds circa 5 metres diameter and up to 0.3 metres high with other smaller ones in the vicinity. Most have a shallow pit with a few exposed stones at the centre.
Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape, 15, Figure 1 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.
Five cairns to the north of Enclosure B.
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, Figure 25.1, Map 25. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 135. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 149387, 29/1/1999. |
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| 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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| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV121528 | Part of: Cairn cemetery west of settlement on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV13036 | Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument) |
| MDV64200 | Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument) |
| MDV13038 | Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument) |
| MDV64199 | Related to: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV13069 | Related to: CAIRN in the Parish of South Tawton (Monument) |
| MDV13039 | Related to: Group of cairns on Chagford Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2022 11:50AM |
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