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| HER Number: | MDV6620 |
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| Name: | Cairn and cist at King's Oven to the east of Water Hill, Chagford |
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Summary
Prehistoric cairn and cist at King's Oven to the east of Water Hill
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 674 813 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/53
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- CIST (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1902, 21st Report of the Barrow Committee, 115-138 (Article in Serial). SDV20971.
King's Oven barrow surrounded by a circle with a cist. Charcoal and a flint scraper found. Cairn has been almost entirely removed leaving the cist in a broken and dilapidated condition exposed to view. The side stones still stand, one upright and one fallen inward.
Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 135 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 34-35, 238, Figure 26.1, Map 26 (Monograph). SDV219155.
King's Oven cairn at SX674812. The possible Cairn (2) is a mound of stones in the line of the north wall of the pound which was partly surrounded by an arc of upright slabs, two or three of which remain. It was excavated in 1895 when charcoal and a flint scraper were found next to the uprights.
Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape, 15 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.
Cairn at King's Oven was of an unusual type for Dartmoor which probably dates to 2000 -1800 BC.
Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.
Mound visible on Lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV20971 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1902. 21st Report of the Barrow Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 34. A5 Paperback + Digital. 115-138. |
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| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 34-35, 238, Figure 26.1, Map 26. |
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| SDV273224 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 135. |
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| SDV360382 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Passmore, A. J.. 1997. Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape. King Alfred's College, Winchester. A4 Comb Bound. 15. |
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| SDV362956 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #136560 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV121913 | Part of: King's Oven pound on eastern slopes of Water Hill (Monument) |
| MDV132640 | Related to: Alleged hut circle south-west of King's Oven, Water Hill (Monument) |
| MDV132641 | Related to: Building at King's Oven Mine, east of Water Hill (Building) |
| MDV132639 | Related to: Building on south-west side of King's Oven, east of Water Hill, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV46484 | Related to: Millstone at King's Oven Pound, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV132642 | Related to: Mine building at King's Oven Mine, east of Water Hill (Building) |
| MDV132643 | Related to: Two stones north-east of King's Oven, east of Water Hill, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV5811 - ORGANIC MATERIAL (Undated)
- FDV5810 - LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 698000 BC to 2201 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 3:05PM |
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