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| HER Number: | MDV12768 |
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| Name: | Small circular feature on Mardon Down |
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Summary
A small circular mound of stones measuring 4.7 metres in diamter, which is rather small for a sepulchral cairn, and more likely to be associated with clearance, perhaps of a date later than the larger cairns. However, if so, then it is the only recorded example in the vicinity and unusual for that reason.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 767 875 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Moretonhampstead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of Bronze Age cairn, one of line of prehistoric monuments along the ridge on Mardon Down
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445422
- National Record of the Historic Environment: SX78NE27
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NE/56
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX78NE27
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLEARANCE CAIRN? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974/1982, SX78NE27 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV288811.
(16/04/1974) SX 76738758. A small stone heap, possibly a cairn, 3.7 metres in diameter, 0.4 metres high. The centre has been robbed.
(04/01/1982) SX76738757. The stone heap is as described above. It could be a clearance cairn or possibly sepulchral/ritual but it is remarkably small. The centre has a sharply defined excavation to ground level with the upcast stones spread upon the mound.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Cairn visible on aerial photography of area.
Newman, P., 2017, A Stone Circle and Cairn Group on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead, Devon, 13 (Report - Survey). SDV360188.
Cairn(?) at SX 76730 87581
A small circular mound of stones 102 metres south of the cairn circle (8308) just west of the path. The diameter is 4.7 metres, which is rather small for a sepulchral cairn, and more likely to be associated with clearance, perhaps of a date later than the larger cairns. However, if so, then it is the only recorded example in the vicinity and unusual for that reason.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. |
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| SDV288811 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1974/1982. SX78NE27. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #80632 ] |
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| SDV360188 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2017. A Stone Circle and Cairn Group on Mardon Down, Moretonhampstead, Devon. Southwest Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 13. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV105916 | Related to: Cairn Cemetery on Mardon Down (Monument) |
| MDV8308 | Related to: Cairn Circle on Mardon Down (Monument) |
| MDV80772 | Related to: Worked flint found on Mardon Down (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7270 - Survey of cairn cemetery, stone circle and other earthworks on Mardon Down
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 24 2022 1:27PM |
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