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| HER Number: | MDV60365 |
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| Name: | CAIRNFIELD in the Parish of South Tawton |
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Summary
Vis=est -/-/1998 (ancient monuments) cairnfield 700m w of fung shul. On gentle e-facing slope overlooking valley of blackaton brook.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 648 913 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Tawton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH TAWTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX69SE85
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1213681
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/335
- Old SAM Ref: 28707
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRNFIELD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV217146.
Vis=est -/-/1998 (ancient monuments) cairnfield 700m w of fung shul. On gentle e-facing slope overlooking valley of blackaton brook.
Survives as a cluster of at least 25 mounds standing 0.4m to 0.8m high. Fourteen are circular, 3m to 6.9m diam. Remainder re ovoid, 4m to 10.2m long. One is denoted by a number of edge set stones (kerb) surrounded by a 1.5m wide and 0.3m high platform. This is probably a funerary round cairn and has been partly robbed or excavated.
Two lengths of rubble walling within the monument suggest that a field system was starting to be laid out before the area was abandoned.
Ancient Monuments, 1999, Schedule confirmation (Schedule Document). SDV217149.
(February 1999) Bronze Age cairnfield consisting of at least 25 cairns between 0.4 metres and 0.8 metres high. Of these 14 are circular with diameters of between 3 metres and 6.9 metres. The remainder are ovoid and vary form 4 metres and 10.2 metres long. One cairn has a kerb of edge set stones this is probably a funerary round cairn. It is surrounded by a 1.5 metre wide 0.3 metre high platform. It has been damaged by robbing or early excavation. Scheduled.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV217146 | Report - Survey: Ancient Monuments. |
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| SDV217149 | Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1999. Schedule confirmation. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV27445 | Related to: Field system on South Tawton Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2022 10:48AM |
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