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Summary

Prehistoric cairn built on an earlier field system boundary on Walkhampton Common

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/406
• Old SAM Ref: 34425(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, 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 152595 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 21st March 2000. A cairn built upon an earlier field system boundary bank on Walkhampton Common.

Newman, P., 2019, An Archaeological Survey of an area of Walkhampton Common, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Appendix, Figure 6 (Report - Survey). SDV363478.

A very likely prehistoric round cairn which has been incorporated into later earthwork bank (MDV57042). Only the top section and the north side of the stony cairn are exposed, but it may have had a base diameter of 11 metres and it stands to 1.3 metres high. The summit is flat but has been subject to an intervention, evident by the 2.5 metres diameter circular pit dug into it.

Newman, P., 2019, Walkhampton Common Survey data (GIS and Excel Spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV363701.

Feature shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Cairn shown on modern mapping.

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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