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HER Number:MDV64200
Name:Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common

Summary

One of at least five carins of circa 5 metres diameter by up to 0.3 metres high forming part of a Prehistoric cemetery on Chagford Common

Location

Grid Reference:SX 678 836
Map Sheet:SX68SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishChagford
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCHAGFORD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX68SE102
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 443913
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/144/1
  • Old SAM Ref: 28728

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 135 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

SX 67868365 Cairn with slight hollow at its centre sited on hill spur. Found October 1975, diameter 6.0m, height 0.4m. (see also SX 68 SE 103 for unlocated cairns excavated on Chagford Common).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149388 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(29/01/1999) Cairn forming part of a cairn cemetery on Chagford Common. Measures 5.2m by 0.7m by 0.5m high. Seven stones visible protruding from the mound. Grass and short gorse.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 29-30, Figure 25.1, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of at least five low mounds about 5 metres diameter and up to 0.3 metres high with other smaller ones in the vicinity. Most have a shallow pit with a few exposed stones at the centre.

Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape, 15, Figure 1 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.

One of five cairns lying 100 metres to the north of Enclosure B.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 29-30, Figure 25.1, Map 25. [Mapped feature: #41323 ]
SDV273224Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 135.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 149388.
SDV360382Post-Graduate Thesis: Passmore, A. J.. 1997. Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape. King Alfred's College, Winchester. A4 Comb Bound. 15, Figure 1.

Associated Monuments

MDV121528Part of: Cairn cemetery west of settlement on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV13036Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument)
MDV13037Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument)
MDV13038Related to: Cairn forming part of a cemetery on Chagford Common (Monument)
MDV64199Related to: Cairn forming part of a Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape

Date Last Edited:Apr 27 2022 3:34PM