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| HER Number: | MDV13288 |
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| Name: | Cairn 460 metres west of Dockwell Farm |
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Summary
A previously unrecorded cairn on the open moor close to the Dockwell Moor gate. It lies about 15 metres from the corner of the moor wall on the west side of the funnel shaped approach to moor gate. It is about 15 metres diameter and 0.5 - 1.0 metres height, of large boulders partly overgrown with turf and heather. There is a depression at the north-east corner containing a very large boulder 2.0 by 1.0 metre which may be natural, otherwise the shape is roughly circular.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 693 636 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE157
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 901598
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/154
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 4042-4043 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.
Robinson, R., 1977-1979, South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets (Worksheet). SDV340722.
(October 1978) A previously unrecorded cairn on the open moor close to the Dockwell Moor gate. It lies about 15 metres from the corner of the moor wall on the west side of the funnel shaped approach to moor gate. It is about 15 metres diameter and 0.5 - 1.0 metres height, of large boulders partly overgrown with turf and heather.
There is a depression at the north-east corner containing a very large boulder 2.0 by 1.0 metre which may be natural, otherwise the shape is roughly circular. Does not show on the Royal Air Force high level vertical aerial photograph. SX69356369.
Robinson, R., 1980, An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent, 17 (Report - non-specific). SDV150007.
An extant Bronze Age cairn is located at Dockwell Gate, SX69356369.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Looks more like a hut circle on 1948 RAF aerial photo.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147533 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2494. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4042-4043. |
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| SDV150007 | Report - non-specific: Robinson, R.. 1980. An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent. DAS/DCRA Publication. 8. A4 Comb Bound. 17. |
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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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| SDV340722 | Worksheet: Robinson, R.. 1977-1979. South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets. South Brent Parish Checklist. Worksheet. [Mapped feature: #80852 ] |
Associated Monuments
| MDV13287 | Related to: Ring cairn west of Dockwell (Monument) |
| MDV13404 | Related to: Worked stone near Dockwell Gate (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 27 2023 10:11AM |
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