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HER Number:	MDV5002
Name:	CAIRN in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Vis=18/8/1950 (os) cairn (diameter 6m, height 0.8m) composed of large rocks and stones with very large boulders on w. Centre appears to have been disturbed, leaving traces of cist.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 563 744
Map Sheet:	SX57SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dartmoor Forest
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	WALKHAMPTON

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1019574: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/109
Old SAM Ref: 28775

Monument Type(s) and Dates

CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Unknown, MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA (Migrated Record). SDV331.

Vis=est -/-/1999 (gerrard, s. ) at sx56347446. Cairn on sw edge of a prehistoric settlement 350m nw of yellowmeade farm (mpp).

GRINSELL + TURNER, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV237892.

Vis=23/5/1976 (grinsell + turner) small cairn of relatively large stones; probably central cist placed se/nw. Capstone missing. Diameter 6.0m, height 0.7m.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=18/8/1950 (os) cairn (diameter 6m, height 0.8m) composed of large rocks and stones with very large boulders on w. Centre appears to have been disturbed, leaving traces of cist.

NMR, CITING OS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251144.

An arrangement of stones at the centre may represent a ruined box 0.6m by 1.3m (nmr, citing os).

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251145.

Not visible on nmr photos (rchm app 1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251148.

Osa=sx57se14.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251149.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)173.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251150.

Worth, r. H.(1948)tda 80.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251151.

Butler, j. /dartmoor atlas of antiquities/3(1994)14;fig 44.1.2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251152.

Des=mpp/152363.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251153.

Des=gerrard, s. /(11/6/1999)/as above.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV237892	Report - Survey: GRINSELL + TURNER.


SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.


SDV251144	Migrated Record: NMR, CITING OS.
SDV251145	Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985.
SDV251148	Migrated Record:
SDV251149	Migrated Record:
SDV251150	Migrated Record:
SDV251151	Migrated Record:
SDV251152	Migrated Record:
SDV251153	Migrated Record:
SDV331	Migrated Record: Unknown. MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA. Monument Protection Programme. Unknown.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Sep 30 2015 5:07PM

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