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Summary

Diameter 7.3m, height 0.9m. Central pit 1m by 0.9m by 0.3m deep. Bilberry and grass covered mound lying adjacent to a small spring. Material from robbing piled up on northern side of mound where a small number of angular rocks are visible.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016637: Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW166
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 875330
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/275
• Old SAM Ref: 28720

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(19/07/1989) Diameter 7.3m, height 0.9m. Central pit 1m by 0.9m by 0.3m deep. Bilberry and grass covered mound lying adjacent to a small spring. Material from robbing piled up on northern side of mound where a small number of angular rocks are visible.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149227 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/11/1998) Round cairn 400m south-east of Higher White Tor. Diameter 7.3m, height 0.9m. Central pit 1m by 0.9m by 0.3m deep. Bilberry and grass covered mound lying adjacent to a small spring. Material from robbing piled up on northern side of mound where a small number of angular rocks are visible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8645 - Powder Mills and Gawler Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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