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| HER Number: | MDV18865 |
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| Name: | Alignment |
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Summary
Vis=10/3/1982 (fleming) stone row sse of berry pound. There is a cairn at the west end at sx71488010. The minimum length of the row is 217 m: it may be longer. It is largely destroyed: 5 upright stones, one leaning, one uprooted, and three stoneholes are still visible. Orientation 270 degrees. In one place there is evidence that it was a double row.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 716 801 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of Prehistoric enclosure known as Berry Pound; set within a wider prehistoric field system on the eastern side of Hamel Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/101
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STONE ALIGNMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Fleming, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV139025.
Vis=10/3/1982 (fleming) stone row sse of berry pound. There is a cairn at the west end at sx71488010. The minimum length of the row is 217 m: it may be longer. It is largely destroyed: 5 upright stones, one leaning, one uprooted, and three stoneholes are still visible. Orientation 270 degrees. In one place there is evidence that it was a double row.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295493.
Des=account of row and plan in parish file.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295494.
Des=nvq/pers comm/(22/3/1995)/notes in smr. Vis=-/-/1994 (quinnell) in heavy bracken. N-s mound a w end seems longer than 5m (nvq).Vis=-/-/1994 (quinnell) in heavy bracken. N-s mound a w end seems longer than 5m (nvq).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Neither the alignment nor the cairn are visible on Royal Air Force / National Monuments Record aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV139025 | Migrated Record: Fleming, A.. |
| SDV295493 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV295494 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV8754 | Related to: Berry Pound on Hamel Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 13 2020 3:44PM |
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