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Summary

Cairn '2' (Butler) the northern of two cairns to the south east of the north-eastern end of Glacccombe Corner stone row. Stony mound of 6.5 metres diameter by 0.8 metres high with upright stones in mound. Rectangular hollow on north-east of mound suggesting unrecorded excavation or stone extraction

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012465: Two cairns south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Corner

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE139
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442156
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/498
• Old SAM Ref: 10616

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 171 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(June 1973) At SX 66116077 a cairn of 7.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded on aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 96-7, Map 56, Figure 56.11 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Cairn '2' at SX 66116076 to the east of 'Glasscombe Corner stone rows' of 6.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph slightly to the south-west of the scheduled area.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12, 7.1.7. (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

One of fifty cairns recorded during survey.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012465 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

These two cairns lie 15 metres south-east of the stone alignment south-west of Glasscombe Ball, towards its lower, northern end. Both are mounds of hummocky appearance covered by turf and bilberry bushes and are 7 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres in height, with traces of retaining kerbs.

Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.

Visited on 26th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Cairn south-east of Glasscombe Corner stone row: turf-covered stony mound, 6.5 metres diameter, 0.8 metres high, upright stones in mound. Rectangular hollow on north-east of mound suggesting unrecorded excavation or stone extraction.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough

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