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Summary

Thirty-nine clearance cairns amid medieval fields on the east lower slopes of Corndon Down. The cairns comprise stony turf-covered, circular or elliptical heaps of between 2m and 5m across and up to 0.8m high. The majority of the cairns lie within a large abandoned newtake field (centred SX 6879 7521) which appears never to have been cultivated. The remainder are within smaller fields just to the east, one of which contains cultivation ridges.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE242
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1470997

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(12/05/2008) Thirty-nine clearance cairns amid medieval fields on the east lower slopes of Corndon Down. The cairns comprise stony turf-covered, circular or elliptical heaps of between 2m and 5m across and up to 0.8m high. The majority of the cairns lie within a large abandoned newtake field (centred SX 6879 7521) which appears never to have been cultivated. The remainder are within smaller fields just to the east, one of which contains cultivation ridges.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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