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Summary

Vis=19/4/1993 (gerrard) round cairn. Mound measures 8m in diam and stands up to 0.8m high. Lies 2m from boundary bank [133074] which deviates from its alignment to circumvent the mound. This relationship strongly suggests that the cairn is earlier than the large enclosure which this boundary bank forms part of (mpp).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008712: An enclosure boundary wall, thirteen stone hut circles and a round cairn on Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/185
• Old SAM Ref: 22249

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., Des=mpp/133078. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Vis=19/4/1993 (gerrard) round cairn. Mound measures 8m in diam and stands up to 0.8m high. Lies 2m from boundary bank [133074] which deviates from its alignment to circumvent the mound. This relationship strongly suggests that the cairn is earlier than the large enclosure which this boundary bank forms part of (mpp).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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