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| HER Number: | MDV19435 |
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| Name: | Natural feature? |
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Summary
A barrow was alleged at this location by the Sites and Monuments Record. Field investigation revealed it to be a natural turf mound.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 573 828 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE42
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063795
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/46
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV218521.
Des=worksheet. Vis=25/8/1982 (greeves, t. + robinson, r. ). Possible prehistoric barrow on east side of eastern red lake. Heather covered low mound approx. 6m in diameter.(worksheet).
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(01/08/1996) SX 57368285. The feature described in the Devon SMR is one of several natural, turfy mounds lying in an area of deep peat flanking the right bank of Eastern Red Lake.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV218521 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 9 2021 12:09PM |
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