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| HER Number: | MDV20457 |
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| Name: | Alleged cairns and field system on East Hill |
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Summary
Alleged prehistoric cairns - Post medieval clearance
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 597 938 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a prehistoric cairnfield, cairns and hut circles, medieval field system and deserted medieval settlements and modern miltary training camp in Okehampton Park
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX59SE109
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1388159
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/27
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
GREEVES, 1978, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV256023.
Cairns and field system on east hill. There are two or more unopened cairns near the "roman road" on the property of mrs trevor roper (worth). Vis=27/12/1977 (greeves). At least two prehistoric cairns, (one a possible ring cairn), on e and se side of east hill. Also some early field systems (worksheet) these cairns may be identical to those noted by worth. Cairn sited at above ngr, possible ring cairn at sx59799385. Both ngrs approximate (greeves, 1978).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256024.
Worth, r. N. /tda/30(1898)79/17th report of the barrow committee.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256025.
Des=greeves, t. /worksheet.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV256026.
Des=greeves, t. /archaeological sites within okehampton park and its vicinity/(1978)/no b.7,b.8 in smr.
Probert, S. A. J., 2004, Okehampton Castle and Park, West Devon: Survey Report (Report - Survey). SDV324949.
Alleged prehistoric cairns - Post medieval clearance.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV256023 | Report - Survey: GREEVES, 1978. |
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| SDV256024 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV256025 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV256026 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV324949 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 2004. Okehampton Castle and Park, West Devon: Survey Report. English Heritage Report. AI/03/2004. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV3474 - Earthwork survey of Okehampton Castle and Park
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 6 2021 11:10AM |
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