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Summary

Cairn south-west of Raddick Hill. Sub-circular cairn, measures 5.0 metres in diameter, 0.2 metres high; one of a group of cairns in the area. Difficult to trace because of the dense undergrowth however the mounds that are still visible are turf-covered and constructed of boulders and stones; no kerbs are evident.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007417: Cairn 590m south-west of Raddick Hill summit forming part of a cairnfield

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE88
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/335
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/85/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22292
• Old SAM Ref: 22310
• Pastscape: 440276

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123763, 15/5/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX5742 7043) Sub-circular cairn, 5.0 metres in diameter, 0.2 metres high.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007, Field Investigators notes (Report - Survey). SDV272791.

(30/05/2007) Bronze Age cairns located on a slight south-west facing slope in gorse-covered moorland. They are difficult to trace because of the dense undergrowth however the mounds that are still visible are turf-covered and constructed of boulders and stones; no kerbs are evident. Cairns in this scattered unenclosed group surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-111 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 20/12/2019. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-111 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 010° showing grass/moss/whortleberry cover.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England, 1007417 (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

Scheduled 1990 (ancient monuments) Cairn forming part of a cairnfield of 17 mounds, two lengths of boundary bank and a lynchet. Mound diameter 5m, 0.7m high.

Richards, A. F., 2019, Notes on location of cairn (Personal Comment). SDV259424.

Original grid reference of this record from the Monument Mapping Programme (MPP) visit (1992) placed it in Raddick Plantation, but according to the old Ordnance Survey number and the MPP number it refers to this cairn scheduled as 1007417.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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