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Summary

An apparent long cairn on north-west flank of Conies Down.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/166

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250480.

Des=worksheet (greeves, t. )/(2000). Vis12/3/2000 (greeves) an apparent long cairn on nw flank of conies down. Aligned down slope, c 20m x 9m x im high. Long axis is nw-se, aligned to nw on limsboro cairn. An ancient dry leat (sx57ne/45) passes along contour immediately above cairn. Vegetation cover is mossy, with some heather and grasses, and distinct from surrounding vegetation. On ne side of cairn is an apparent discrete round cairn , 6-7m in diameter and c 0.3m high, with similar vegetation cover. No stones are visible on the long cairn, but 3 lie in a shallow pit c 3m to the sw. This pit is 2.5m diam x 0.5m deep and probably of modern military origin. C 100m to w is a crescentric bank of unknown purpose (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV250481.

Des=radcliffe,w. /(19/4/2004)/email in pf. Found in 2004 to be a sinuous grassy mound at sx57577950 (radcliffe).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8813 - Archaeological and historical investigation of Peat Cutting on North-Western Dartmoor

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