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| HER Number: | MDV8768 |
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| Name: | CAIRN in the Parish of Manaton |
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Summary
Cairn on hameldown tor.(diam 14m. Heig 700mm)vis=20/3/1953(os) a denuded cairn with kerb of large stones on northern half only. Cairn has been mutilated by os trig. Pillar and conical mound of small stones of evidently modern date.(os)vis=13/1/1971(ancient monuments) circular cairn. Remainder of kerb visible (11 stones). Remainder of cairn largely grassed over but head sized granite boulders visible (os trig. Point and recent mound of stones on top). Vis=21/7/1972 (grinsell, l. V. ). Cairn crowned by modern stoneheap. Diameter 15.5m, height 0.7m. Vis=ormerod notes several barrows on hamildon down (ormerod). Vis=barrow visible and recorded (rchm app 1985). Vis=6/3/1986 (robinson) fmw visitvis=platform circle surmounted by cairn. Ring of kerb stones, 9.5m diam internally, enclosing flat-topped mound 0.4m high upon which there is a cairn 4.5m diam and 1.5m high. There is also a modern stone heap (turner).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 703 805 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/46
- Old SAM County Ref: 862
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303271.
Osa=sx78sw12.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303272.
Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)p.154/manaton 2.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303273.
Ormerod, g. W. /jbaa/20(1864)305/on the hut-circles on the eastern side of dartmoor.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV303274.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1995 4356(13/4/1947).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303275.
Turner, j. R. /pdas/48(1990)48 77/e54.
Turner, J. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37204.
Cairn on hameldown tor.(diam 14m. Heig 700mm)vis=20/3/1953(os) a denuded cairn with kerb of large stones on northern half only. Cairn has been mutilated by os trig. Pillar and conical mound of small stones of evidently modern date.(os)vis=13/1/1971(ancient monuments) circular cairn. Remainder of kerb visible (11 stones). Remainder of cairn largely grassed over but head sized granite boulders visible (os trig. Point and recent mound of stones on top). Vis=21/7/1972 (grinsell, l. V. ). Cairn crowned by modern stoneheap. Diameter 15.5m, height 0.7m. Vis=ormerod notes several barrows on hamildon down (ormerod). Vis=barrow visible and recorded (rchm app 1985). Vis=6/3/1986 (robinson) fmw visitvis=platform circle surmounted by cairn. Ring of kerb stones, 9.5m diam internally, enclosing flat-topped mound 0.4m high upon which there is a cairn 4.5m diam and 1.5m high. There is also a modern stone heap (turner).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV303271 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303272 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303273 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303274 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV303275 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV37204 | Migrated Record: Turner, J. R.. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 13 2015 4:16PM |
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