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| HER Number: | MDV48885 |
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| Name: | Cairn south of Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Cairn to the south of Hawks Tor in the field system to the north-west of Wotter. A sub-circular turf-covered stony bank allegedly a hut circle but probably a disturbed and robbed cairn. It lies at SX55066224 on a slight south-west facing slope. The boulder and stone bank is on average 1.8m wide and 0.3m high although on the east side it is up to 3.0m wide and 0.5m high. The interior is level but somewhat undulating with scattered boulders and a stony spread on the north side. It forms part of the low prehistoric field system in this area.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 551 621 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56SE185
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1126012
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/142
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Collis, J., 1983, Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor, 50, Figure 2 & 4 (Article in Serial). SDV144058.
Features 'A', 'B' and 'C'. 'A' is possibly a robbed house, circa 10 metres diameter. Cairn 'B' is a circa 0.5 metres high raised area and Cairn 'C' is a more sharply profiled feature circa 0.8 to 0.9 metres high and may be modern. Cairns 'B' and 'C' are cut by army trenches. Possibly part of earliest phase of Wotter Moor activity. In a row north-east to south-west and circa 50 to 100 metres apart.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.
'Cairn ?' shown with a possible hut circle to the north on an eastern field boundary to the south of Hawks Tor within Shaugh Moor field system
Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.
(13/03/1998) A sub-circular turf-covered stony bank allegedly a hut circle but probably a disturbed and robbed cairn. It lies at ?SX55066224 on a slight south-west facing slope. The boulder and stone bank is on average 1.8m wide and 0.3m high although on the east side it is up to 3.0m wide and 0.5m high. The interior is level but somewhat undulating with scattered boulders and a stony spread on the north side. It forms part of the low prehistoric field system in this area.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4. [Mapped feature: #129859 ] |
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| SDV144058 | Article in Serial: Collis, J.. 1983. Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 41. A5 Paperback. 50, Figure 2 & 4. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV343481 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Probert, S.. 1998. Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48890 | Related to: Enclosure 420 metres south-west of Beatland Corner, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV130515 | Related to: Hut circle south of Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2591 | Related to: Medieval field system north of Wotter (Monument) |
| MDV2590 | Related to: Shaugh Moor parallel reave field system (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4967 - Shaugh Moor Survey (1997-1998)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 17 2021 2:55PM |
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