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| HER Number: | MDV21710 |
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| Name: | Alleged cairn west of Water Oak Corner |
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Summary
A cairn was alleged at this location but there does not now appear to be any physical evidence.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 683 660 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Fragmentary earthworks and walling of Bronze Age enclosures, hut circles and reaves and later streamworking to the south of Snowdon Brook
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE68
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441548
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/143
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66NE68
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor (Monograph). SDV320981.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 138 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Approximately SX 683660. A cairn noticed by Crossing (measuring 35 yards in circumference) could not be found by Grinsell in 1976 (confusion with SX66NE/84?).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 138. [Mapped feature: #134878 ] |
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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. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV24724 | Related to: Openworks north-east of Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 4 2022 11:43AM |
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