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| HER Number: | MDV5214 |
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| Name: | Cairn east of River Mardle, West Buckfastleigh |
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Summary
Round cairn measuring approximately 9 metres in diameter (around 0.6 metres high), almost on the summit of hill east of the River Mardle. It is constructed of small boulders and the centre has been disturbed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 679 685 |
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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 | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of a Bronze age round cairn 1 kilometre west of Scoriton Down Farm, West Buckfastleigh
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE5
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441363
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/34
- Pastscape: 441363
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 1501 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, NMR SX6768, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172757.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NE5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV147314.
(21/04/1950) A small cairn, 8.7m in diameter and 0.7m high, turf covered cairn with hollow centre.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV364251.
(26/06/1977) At SX 67916856 a round cairn, 9 metres diameter and 0.6 metres high, almost on the summit of a minor hill at 340 metres above OD. It is constructed of small boulders and the centre has been disturbed. 1:10 000 Survey revised on PFD.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 176 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Site visited on 9th October 1975. Cairn, hollow towards centre. Diameter 8.0 metres, height 1.0 metre. Cairn at west end of Scorriton Down.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 172-3, Map 58, Figure 58.8 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Mardle Valley '7' cairn at SX67926855 of 8.5 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high is pitted and lies just off the summit within the field to the east.
Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.
Mound of the cairn visible on the lidar data.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.
Ferry, T., 2021, Site visit to cairn east of the River Mardle (Worksheet). SDV364308.
(25/03/2021) Site visited and condition recorded. Photographed. Vegetation encroachment recorded as fairly bad on cairn, although site stable. Identified as somewhat vulnerable in current condition.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147314 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX66NE5. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Card Index. |
| SDV172757 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SX6768. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 1. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 176. |
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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. 172-3, Map 58, Figure 58.8. |
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| SDV362956 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94212 ] |
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| SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV364251 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE5. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Unknown. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV5204 | Related to: Cairn east of Hapstead Ford in the Mardle Valey, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV5307 | Related to: Eastern of two cairns to west of field system near Holy Brook, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV24779 | Related to: Hut circle east of the River Mardle, West Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV5203 | Related to: One of a group of cairns east of Hapstead Ford, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV5308 | Related to: One of four cairns 560 metres east of Hapstead Ford, Holne (Monument) |
| MDV62033 | Related to: Probable hut west of Gibby Coombe, Holne (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 26 2023 10:20AM |
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