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Summary

A post-medieval boundary cairn on a gentle north west facing slope overlooking Taw Marsh. It measures 4.1 metres north east to south west by 2.5 metres and remains to a maximum height of 0.6 metres. Scheduled.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016641: A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW67
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 893682
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/283
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/338/2
• Old SAM Ref: 28724

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY CAIRN (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149276 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(29/01/1998) Kerbed cairn forming part of a cairnfield 380m SW of a ford on the Small Brook. Probable kerbed cairn sitting on the parish boundary. Three kerb stones remain standing. The mound is composed of a large number of stones. Severe erosion on NE and SW sides adjacent to 2 of the kerb stones. Grass.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(02/08/1993) SX 6218 9038. An irregular, much disturbed cairn on gently sloping stoney ground at the north western foot of Metheral Hill. The cairn measures 4.1m north east to south west by 2.5m and remains to a maximum height of 0.6m. Three large leaning slabs lie on its south western side and many smaller boulders, forming the matrix of the cairn, are visible on its surface. This cairn is probably medieval or later in origin and designed to mark the boundary of Dartmoor Forest and South Tawton parishes which in this area runs in a straight line from two boundary stones (SX 68 NW 71) on Metheral Hill to another two stones (SX 69 SW 63) on the River Taw.
Three further stoney mounds (SX 69 SW 41,42 and 66) on or near the same boundary lie in the immediate area

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(24/10/2003) This feature remains as described in 1993.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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