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| HER Number: | MDV13091 |
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| Name: | Cairn to north of Butter Brook, Harford |
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Summary
Cairn '2' (Butler) to north of Butter Brook and to the south-east of Butter Brook stone rows
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 648 596 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Harford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX65NW31
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441302
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/47
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Neolithic - 4000 BC (Between) to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 141 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
(Visited 1976) At SX 64885966 Dilapidated cairn sited on a hill slope. Diameter 12 metres, height 0.3 metres.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1982, SX65NW31 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV166030.
(27/10/1982) At SX64815968. The cairn is on a south-facing slope of open moorland at circa 192 metres OD. It is up to 0.4 metres high and circa 9.6 metres across. It has been severely mutilated by excavation from the south.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1946 aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 30-32, Map 53, Figure 53.9 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Cairn '2' at SX64805970 of 6.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high. A flat slab exposed at the centre of the cairn was probably the cover of a cist.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
Circular feature shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV166030 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1982. SX65NW31. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 141. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 30-32, Map 53, Figure 53.9. [Mapped feature: #128850 ] |
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| SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13483 | Related to: Cairn 230 meters north of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV27912 | Related to: Cairn at east end of Bullaven Reave, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130037 | Related to: Cairn at south end of stone row, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130029 | Related to: Cairn north of the Bullaven Reave south-west of Piles Hill, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130030 | Related to: Cairn north of the Bullaven Reave south-west of Piles Hill, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV42373 | Related to: Cairn north-east of Harford Moor Gate, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV13092 | Related to: Cairn north-east of Moorgate, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130031 | Related to: Cairn on Lower Piles to the north of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130032 | Related to: Cairn on Lower Piles to the north of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130033 | Related to: Cairn on Lower Piles to the north of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130034 | Related to: Cairn on Lower Piles to the north of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV13094 | Related to: Cairn on Lower Piles, near the valley of Butter Brook, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130028 | Related to: Cairn on the Bullaven Reave south-west of Piles Hill, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130016 | Related to: Cairn on the Bullaven Reave, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV4305 | Related to: Cairn south-east of Lower Piles, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV4256 | Related to: Cairn with a cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV130027 | Related to: Mounds on the Bullaven Reave, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV16515 | Related to: Possible cairn south of the Bullaven Reave, Harford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2021 2:41PM |
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