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| HER Number: | MDV132241 |
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| Name: | Two cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood |
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Summary
Two cairns on south-west slope of Penn Beacon one of 5.5 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high and an oval one of 4.3 metres by 3.0 metres by 0.4 metres high. Part of a linear group of cairns along the contour
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 593 627 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 191-3, 213, Map 52, Figure 52.14 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Penn Beacon S. W. cairn '11' at SX59346274 of 5.5 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high and Penn Beacon S. W. cairn '12' at SX59366274 of 4.3 metres by 3.0 metres by 0.4 metres high. Cairn '11' retains a good shape despite the shallow trench driven into the centre but Cairn '12' a few metres uphill has been reduced to an oval shape by the removal of half its structure, the arc of stones footing the upper part alone remaining.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 191-3, 213, Map 52, Figure 52.14. [Mapped feature: #135022 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV12909 | Related to: Cairn at north-east end of stone row on lower slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12914 | Related to: Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12914 | Related to: Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12914 | Related to: Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12914 | Related to: Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12915 | Related to: Cairn on south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV45312 | Related to: Cairn on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV132242 | Related to: Cairn on the western slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV12913 | Related to: Cairn to the south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV132239 | Related to: Cairn to the south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV2402 | Related to: Cairn to the south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV132243 | Related to: Cairns on the western slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV15061 | Related to: Cholwich Town Reave South (Monument) |
| MDV132238 | Related to: Small cairn to the south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV132240 | Related to: Two cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 6 2023 10:57AM |
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