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Summary

Ring cairn. Earthwork survives as a circular bank, 2.3 metres wide and 0.3 metres high surrounding an internal area measuring 13.4 metres in diameter. A mound measuring 6 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high stands in the centre of the area enclosed by the circular bank

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007653: Ring cairn 1060m south west of Great Nodden

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NW37
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 965802
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/84/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22339

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130957 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(21/04/1993) SX 5322 8660 Ring cairn. Earthwork survives as a circular bank, 2.3 metres wide and 0.3 metres high surrounding an internal area measuring 13.4 metres in diameter. A mound measuring 6 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high stands in the centre of the area enclosed by the circular bank.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 219-220, 245, Map 43, Site 7, Figure 43.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Great Nodden cairn '4' at SX53218660 (not SX53248620 as listed) of 17.5 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. Ring cairn '4' on the ridge with a slightly eccentric interior averaging 14.2 metres across and surrounded by a bank 1.6 metres wide which rises only slightly above the ground level outside.

English Heritage, 1993, Schedule notes, 1007653 (Report - Assessment). SDV248340.

(19/11/1993) SX53218659 A Ring Cairn is recorded at this location 1060 metres south-west of Great Nodden. The Ring Cairn is Bronze Age in date.
This monument includes a ring cairn situated on the gentle south-facing spur of Great Nodden overlooking the valley of the River Lyd. It survives as a circular bank 2.3 metres wide and 0.3 metres high surrounding an internal area measuring 13.4 metres in diameter. A mound measuring 6 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high stands in the centre of the area enclosed by the circular bank.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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