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| HER Number: | MDV5087 |
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| Name: | Alleged barrow at Plym Head |
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Summary
A mutilated barrow was alleged at this location (1877) but there is no field evidence to substantiate this. Grid reference is only 4 figures.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 62 68 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NW59
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441732
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/11
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) BARROW? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251030.
Collier, w. F. /tda/9(1877)121/first report of the committee on dartmoor. There is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the barrow described by Collier.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251031.
Osa=sx66nw59.
Barrow near Plym Head, destroyed within the last year or two (citing Collier). (20/08/1977) No barrow was found in the vicinity of Plym Head but Collier may be referring to the much mutilated cairn some 500m to the south-west (SX66NW2).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(10/11/1994) There is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the barrow described by Collier.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV251030 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV251031 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 12 2022 12:09PM |
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