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| HER Number: | MDV48904 |
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| Name: | Small cairn on Wigford Down, Meavy |
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Summary
Small cairn; one or a group of five near the summit of Wigford Down. Measures around 6.0 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 547 650 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/147
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 157, Meavy 3a (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Small cairn south-east of MDV2311. Measures 5.8 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high.
Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 32, 38, 67 / A31 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.
Ring cairn, Wigford Down. Internal diameter 2.7 metres, with bank 1.0 metre wide and 0.2 metres high. Smallest ring cairn (in terms of diameter) on Dartmoor. Turner suggests a link between the construction of this, small, ring cairn, with the larger cairn MDV2311 to its north-west. Grid reference given as SX54686509.
(Turner's grid reference matches that of the small cairn to the south-east of MDV2312 - Richards, A. F., 08/09/2017).
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 80, Map 48, Figure 48.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Wigford Down cairn '9' at SX54696505 of 6.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is hollowed at the centre.
GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.
Cairn is visible on the aerial photograph.
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. 80, Map 48, Figure 48.1. |
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| SDV229817 | Article in Serial: Turner, J. R.. 1990. Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 48. Paperback Volume. 32, 38, 67 / A31. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 157, Meavy 3a. |
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| SDV345751 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital. [Mapped feature: #93341 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV2312 | Related to: Large damaged summit cairn on Wigford Down, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV2219 | Related to: Parallel reave system on Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV2311 | Related to: Pool on Wigford Down. Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV2313 | Related to: Small cairn on Wigford Down, Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8316 - Wigford Down PAL survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 16 2021 11:18AM |
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