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| HER Number: | MDV131704 |
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| Name: | Cairnfield, Whitchurch Common |
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Summary
The remains of a Bronze Age cairnfield on Whitchurch Common. The cairnfield includes 12 clearance cairns, with 2 further mounds representing funerary cairns. Scheduled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 536 749 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Whitchurch |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SW87
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1359047
- Old SAM Ref: 22234
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRNFIELD (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 19/10/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
SX 53627499. The remains of a Bronze Age cairnfield on Whitchurch Common. The cairnfield includes 12 clearance cairns, with 2 further mounds representing funerary cairns (see MDV131705 and MDV35858). Scheduled Monument Notification, 07/03/2002.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 19/10/2021. [Mapped feature: #133438 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV35898 | Related to: Cairn on Whitchurch Common north of Vixen Tor, Whitchurch (Monument) |
| MDV132930 | Related to: Ring cairn, Whitchurch Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 6 2022 9:10AM |
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