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HER Number: | MDV5092 |
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Name: | Round Cairn at Great Knat's Head, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
A round cairn 3.9 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high; some surface stone is visible. (Note: not shown accurately on the Ordnance Survey base mapping).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 611 680 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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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
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NW4
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441576
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/16/1
- Old SAM Ref: 10752(P)
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66NW4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1901, 20th Report of the Barrow Committee, 119 (Article in Serial). SDV163208.
Great Gnat's Head. Cist. Opened and pit sunk in subsoil found. 396m south south east from Plym ford, consists of two sides and one end stone.6.10m from the centre lies the centre of a small barrow 2.743m in diameter. The barrow was examined and proved to cover a circular, paved area. Underneath the flat paving stones lay a large flat stone which closely resembled the cover stone of a kistvaen. This latter, however, rested on the subsoil everywhere and covered neither a pit in the calm nor a kistvaen.
Worth, R. H., 1902, 21st Report of the Barrow Committee, 110 (Article in Serial). SDV20971.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NW4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV164619.
(07/06/1950) Excavations showed the cairn covered a paved area only. Diameter 3m, height 0.2m.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 162 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX66NW4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV164617.
(12/09/1978) A small heather covered cairn, situated on a slight west slope at 430m OD. It is 3.0m in diameter and 0.3m high with a small hollow in the centre. Surveyed at 1:10000 on PFD.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140538 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(03/06/1995) Round cairn adjacent to cist. Cairn lies 4m south of the cist and survives as a 4m diameter and 0.2m high mound. This cairn was investigated in 1901 and found to cover a circular, carefully paved area lying on top of a large flat stone.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 155, 212, Map 50, Figure 50.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Great Gnats'Head cairn '2' at SX61196803 of 4.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high. When excavated this mound was found to cover a paved area which in turn overlay a large slab resembling the 'cover-stone of a kistvaen'. There was no pit below nor any other structural features and no artefacts were recovered.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 309, 102.1211 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.
English Heritage, 1997, Scheduled Monument Notification (Schedule Document). SDV164760.
Bronze Age round cairn 4m in diameter and 0.2m high. Investigated in 1901 and found to cover a circular paved area on top of a flat stone. Scheduled.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
(28/02/2002) SX 61176802. A round cairn 3.9m in diameter and 0.3m high; some surface stone is visible.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Cairn shown on survey.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
'Cairn' shown 20 metres to the east on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1016146 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.
A cairn lies 4 metres south of the cist and this survives as a 4 metres diameter and 0.2 metres high mound. This cairn was also investigated in 1901 and found to cover a circular, carefully paved area lying on top of a large flat stone.
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. 155, 212, Map 50, Figure 50.4. |
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SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 309, 102.1211. |
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SDV163208 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1901. 20th Report of the Barrow Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 33. Digital. 119. |
SDV164617 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX66NW4. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
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SDV164619 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX66NW4. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV164760 | Schedule Document: English Heritage. 1997. Scheduled Monument Notification. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown. |
SDV20971 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1902. 21st Report of the Barrow Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 34. A5 Paperback + Digital. 110. |
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SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 162. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140538. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #128566 ] |
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SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV364675 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1016146. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV57383 | Related to: Cairn at Great Gnat's Head, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
MDV5091 | Related to: Cist at Great Knat's Head, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
Date Last Edited: | Jan 10 2022 11:50AM |
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