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| HER Number: | MDV20154 |
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| Name: | Possible site of cairns north-east of Cholwell, Mary Tavy |
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Summary
Several cairns were destroyed in this general area by tin miners from the mines to the south and east.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 515 820 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW49
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440773
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/106
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRNFIELD? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV251915.
Osa=sx58sw100(p).
Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 14 (Monograph). SDV320981.
(Approximately SX 515820) Crossing records that several cairns were destroyed in this general area by tin miners from the mines to the south and east.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 156 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
(06/08/1976) Grinsell could find no sign of cairns cited by Crossing in August 1976.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1940s Royal Air Force verticals.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV251915 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 156. |
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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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| SDV320981 | Monograph: Crossing, W.. 1912 (1965). Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 14. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 22 2021 10:51AM |
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