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Summary

Vis=28/3/1998 (greeves) prehistoric ring cairn immediately on w side of rough track about 90m n of point where track joins tarmac road. External diam is c.22m-25m. The ring bank is c.4m wide where best preserved (on nw side) by c.0.4m high (max).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016634: Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/196

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV221179.

Des=greeves, t. /(28/3/1998)/worksheet in pf. Vis=28/3/1998 (greeves) prehistoric ring cairn immediately on w side of rough track about 90m n of point where track joins tarmac road. External diam is c.22m-25m. The ring bank is c.4m wide where best preserved (on nw side) by c.0.4m high (max).
In the centre of the cairn is a large modern pit c.4m x 2m x 1m deep, on e rim is another pit c.3m x 2m x 1m deep. On s side is a smaller pit c.3m x 1.5m x 0.5m deep. On sw side the ring bank has been robbed. The cairn lies some 60m from the n edge of a quarry to the s (worksheet).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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