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HER Number:	MDV3126
Name:	Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon, Ugborough

Summary

Cairn '2' (Butler) is one of a group of six cairns of varying sizes on Western Beacon. Stony mound, 21 metres diameter by 1 metre high with an outer rim 4 metres wide by 0.5 metres high

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 654 577
Map Sheet:	SX65NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Ugborough
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	UGBOROUGH

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1012290: Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX65NE35
National Record of the Historic Environment: 441198
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/211
Old SAM Ref: 10609

Monument Type(s) and Dates

ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX65NE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165215.

(27/03/1950) Cairn with hollow in centre, otherwise in fair condition. Diameter 16.0m, height 1.7m.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 172, Ugborough 22 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(22/06/1973) Almost on the Harford boundary SX 6544 5772. Cairn with hollow centre. Diameter 20m, height 1.8m.

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

Medium sized cairn visible on 1969 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Notes on cairns (Schedule Document). SDV165222.

Cairn. Diameter 22m; height 1.7m.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 34-6, Map 53, Figure 53.13 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Western Beacon cairn '2' at SX65445773 of 23 metres diameter by 2.0 metres high has been completely re-organized at the centre.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

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.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

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

Visited on 8th January 2021, surveyed and photographed. Cairn on summit of Western Beacon: stony mound, 21 metres diameter, 1 metre high, outer rim 4 metres wide, 0.5 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV165215	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX65NE35. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV165222	Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1990. Notes on cairns. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown.


SDV273224	Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 172, Ugborough 22.


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.


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. 34-6, Map 53, Figure 53.13.


SDV361462	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #123757 ]


SDV364015	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV3111	Related to: Boundary stone at top of Western Beacon, Ugborough and Harford parishes (Monument)
MDV3110	Related to: Boundary stone at Western Beacon, Ugborough and Harford parishes (Monument)
MDV3114	Related to: Boundary stone north of cairn at Western Beacon, Ugborough and Harford parishes (Monument)
MDV3112	Related to: Boundary stone north of cairn at Western Beacon, Ugborough anf Harford parishes (Monument)
MDV3113	Related to: Boundary stone north of cairn on Western Beacon, Ugborough and Harford parishes (Monument)
MDV3125	Related to: Cairn on the south-western brow of Western Beacon, Ugborough (Monument)
MDV3123	Related to: Damaged cairn at Western Beacon, Ugborough (Monument)
MDV25000	Related to: Small cairn on the south-eastern brow of Western Beacon, Ugborough (Monument)
MDV25001	Related to: Small cairn on the south-western brow of Western Beacon, Ugborough (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Date Last Edited:	Feb 6 2022 12:35PM

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