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| HER Number: | MDV4026 |
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| Name: | Cairn 300 metres south-east of Yellowmead Stone Circles, Sheepstor |
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Summary
This cairn has been much robbed by digging away the centre from the north side where there is a 2.0 metre gap in the rim-like perimeter. Its diameter is 8.0 metres and rim height 0.4 metres. There is no trace of a kerb or of a cist.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 577 677 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric cairn 50 metres west of Longstone Leat, Sheepstor
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE17
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 438547
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/30
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX56NE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV217324.
(Visited 12/5/1950) Cairn, partly turf covered with hollow in centre. Badly mutilated. Diameter 9.0 metres, height 0.3 metres.
(Visited 01/06/1977) SX 57786775. This cairn is on level ground at about 300 metres OD. It has been much robbed by digging away the centre from the north side where there is a 2.0 metre gap in the rim-like perimeter. Its diameter is 8.0 metres and rim height 0.4 metres. There is no trace of a kerb or of a cist. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD at SX 57786775.
National Monument Record, 1977, SX5667, 1/126 (Aerial Photograph). SDV231152.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 166 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
(Visited 21/6/1974) Cairn, interior gutted. Diameter 11.0 metres, height 0.3 metres.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on 1977 aerial photograph and recorded in project.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 76, 208, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Yellowmead Down cairn '2' at SX57786775 of circa 7.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. Most of its material has been carted away leaving just a rubble rim.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Probable site of cairn visible on the aerial photographs.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 9 (Worksheet). SDV362781.
Visited 25/01/2020. Overall condition good. Photo taken.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 9 (Photograph). SDV363073.
Photo looking 32 showing grass/moss cover with a few outcrops of close cropped gorse.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 76, 208, Map 47. |
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| SDV217324 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1977. SX56NE17. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV231152 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. SX5667. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1/126. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 166. |
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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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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #117846 ] |
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| SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. UP-DZ 9. |
| SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. UP-DZ 9. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV25290 | Related to: Streamworks on Narrator Brook tributary, Sheepstor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 31 2021 11:28AM |
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