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HER Number:MDV9286
Name:CAIRN in the Parish of Chudleigh

Summary

Vis=25/6/1953(os) cemetery. Bronze age cairns scattered in this area. Overgrown with heather and gorse. Signs of previous attempts at cultivation. Vis=15/10/1981 (os). The area concerned showed no cairns or evidence of a field system. A small part has been encroached upon by an industrial tip. Much of the rest bulldozed for motocross events. Area unlikely to have sepulchral cairns but suitable for field clearance.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 896 807
Map Sheet:SX88SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishChudleigh
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishCHUDLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88SE/12

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CAIRN (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=25/6/1953(os) cemetery. Bronze age cairns scattered in this area. Overgrown with heather and gorse. Signs of previous attempts at cultivation. Vis=15/10/1981 (os). The area concerned showed no cairns or evidence of a field system. A small part has been encroached upon by an industrial tip. Much of the rest bulldozed for motocross events. Area unlikely to have sepulchral cairns but suitable for field clearance.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284438.

Osa=sx88se9.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV284438Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Sep 30 2015 5:07PM