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Summary

Cairn measures 5.8 metres in diameter, height 0.5 metres. Covered in grass and bracken. Lies 7 metres at 325 degrees from the west-north-weatern end of field system. May be a clearance cairn, but a funerary origin cannot be ruled out.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019589: A length of the Great Western Reave, a prehistoric settlement, three cairns and two field systems on Walkhampton Common

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/405
• Old SAM Ref: 34425(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152593, 21/03/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5520 7039) A cairn adjacent to the field system next to the south-western end of the Great Western Reave on Walkhampton Common. Cairn measures 5.8 metres in diameter, height 0.5 metres. Covered in grass and bracken. Lies 7 metres at 325 degrees from the west-north-weatern end of field system. May be a clearance cairn, but a funerary origin cannot be ruled out.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Possible cairn visible on the aerial photography.

Newman, P., 2019, An Archaeological Survey of an area of Walkhampton Common, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Appendix (Report - Survey). SDV363478.

A round cairn recorded at this National Grid Reference as part of the Monument Protection Programme is likely to be evidence of clearance rather than a prehistoric burial.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8225 - Survey of an area of Walkhampton CommonSurvey of an area of Walkhampton Common

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