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| HER Number: | MDV7833 |
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| Name: | Barrow on Skerraton Down |
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Summary
A circular mound about 7.5 metres in diameter and approximately 1 metre high. Turf covered and possibly undisturbed (10 metres from field boundary on open moor).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 700 652 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of a Bronze Age ring cairn circa 11 metres west of newtake wall, Skerraton Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NW/34
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV159739.
Barrow p. Vis=9/11/1976. A circular mound about 7.5m in diameter and approx 1m high. Turf covered and possibly undisturbed (10m from field boundary on open moor).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159740.
Des=worksheet 9/11/1976.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159741.
Osa=sx76nw32.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 138 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Site visit April 1977. Ring of cairn with flat central area below level of ring. Probably robbed for newtake wall to north-east. Diameter 6.0 metres, height 0.15 metres.
The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Unit, 1985, The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV340940.
Not visible on Royal Air Force aerial photograph.
Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 67 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.
A29. Ring cairn. Internal diameter 4.2 metres with bank 0.7 metres wide and 0.15 metres high. Note that Turner's grid reference for this monument differs to that of Grinsell.
Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV159739 | Report - Survey: RCHM APP 1985. |
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| SDV159740 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV159741 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV229817 | Article in Serial: Turner, J. R.. 1990. Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 48. Paperback Volume. 67. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 138. |
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| SDV340940 | Interpretation: The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Unit. 1985. The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project. The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV345590 | Aerial Photograph: Cartographic Engineering. 2006. Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 15 2015 2:27PM |
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