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| HER Number: | MDV1881 |
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| Name: | CLEARANCE CAIRN in the Parish of Culmstock |
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Summary
Oval mound of loose stone in corner of enclosure, (18th. Century?), now reverted to moorland. Probable field clearance. Vis=15/10/1975 (os). Oval mound of loose flints 3m by 2m, 0.5m high has general appearance of minor field clearance heap. Area now under gorse and bracken. Inumerable surface depressions of old diggings occur around the south west periphery of field enclosures. The banks are up to 0.6m high, of probable postmedieval date.(osa)vis=9/9/1992 (reed and stead) the cairn was not recognised in dense undergrowth, the area is pitted with opencast quarrying pits.(emafu).
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 116 163 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST11NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Culmstock |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CULMSTOCK |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Possible Bronze Age burial mounds/cairns and Roman/post-Roman open cast extractive pits on Black Down Common
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11NW/3
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Unknown date)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57515.
Des=correspondence with n. V. Quinnell, o. S.
Oval mound of loose stone in corner of enclosure, (18th. Century?), now reverted to moorland. Probable field clearance.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57516.
Osa=st11nw9.
Vis=15/10/1975 (os). Oval mound of loose flints 3m by 2m, 0.5m high has general appearance of minor field clearance heap. Area now under gorse and bracken. Inumerable surface depressions of old diggings occur around the south west periphery of field enclosures. The banks are up to 0.6m high, of probable postmedieval date.(osa)
Royal Air Force, 1947, CPE / UK 1974, 2075 (Aerial Photograph). SDV346311.
CPE/UK/1974 11/4/47 F20" //Multi (4) 16.400 58 SQDN Other details: 22/37.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.
Site visit 9th September 1992. The cairn was not recognised in dense undergrowth, the area is pitted with opencast quarrying pits.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV324187 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound. |
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| SDV346311 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. CPE / UK 1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2075. |
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| SDV57515 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV57516 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 11 2023 4:09PM |
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