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| HER Number: | MDV28480 |
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| Name: | Cairn or mound on ridge of Glasscombe Ball, Ugborough |
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Summary
Cairn or mound on ridge of Glasscombe Ball. Considered under Monument Protection Programme but was not recommended for scheduling. Stony mound of 4 metres diameter by 0.7 metres high. May be a prehistoric cairn
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 658 604 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric cairn north of Glasscombe Ball, Ugborough
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE141
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442158
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/497
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Alternate Type) MOUND (Constructed, Unknown date)
- CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
SX66SE141 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV162807.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 171 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
SX 65936045 Visited in June 1976. Cairn sited on ridge diameter 4 metres height 0.1 metres.
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, 98, Map 56 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Not mentioned.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
Considered under Monument Protection Programme by previous Monument Protection Programme Advisor, who did not recommend it for scheduling.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Cairn visible on aerial photograph.
Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12, 7.1.7 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.
One of the cairns recorded during survey.
Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.
Visited on 22nd April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Small mound north-west of Glasscombe Ball summit cairn: turf-covered stony mound, 4 metres diameter, 0.7 metres high, may be a prehistoric cairn.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV162807 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: SX66SE141. |
| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 171. |
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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. 98, Map 56. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5676 | Related to: Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 20 2022 9:51AM |
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