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| HER Number: | MDV5180 |
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| Name: | Clearance cairn west of Warmacombe, West Buckfastleigh |
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Summary
One of three mounds thought to be clearance dumps. Reported in the 1970s as having been removed; 'nothing archaeological' was found.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 685 677 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE8
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441372
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/10
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223, 5035 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147275.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NE8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151739.
(21/04/1950) One of three mounds. These are not antiquities and probably originated when these fields reclaimed from the moor - all the stones being gathered in dumps. This was confirmed on examining one of the mounds that had been partially cut into. It contained very small stones and shale, quite unlike normal composition of a cairn, i.e.: large stones.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151740.
(20/07/1977) 'A' SX 68596774. This mound has been totally removed for road hardcore when according to the farmer, nothing archaeological was found and the topsoil was undisturbed.
These mounds are on the lower moor slopes, 310 m above OD, and within modern enclosures which are used for permanent pasture. They are probably field clearance heaps, a view which seems to be confirmed by the absence of finds when 'A' was destroyed.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible (1946 image).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147275 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5035. |
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| SDV151739 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX66NE8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV151740 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #139076 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5181 | Related to: Clearance cairn 240 metres south-west of Warmacombe (Monument) |
| MDV5182 | Related to: Clearance cairn 350 metres south of Warmacombe, West Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 23 2022 11:54AM |
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