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Monument Number 441650

Hob Uid: 441650
Location :
Devon
South Hams
Shaugh Prior
Grid Ref : SX6097866706
Summary :

Bronze Age cairn and cist. The cairn is 5m in diameter and 0.3m height with a square cist with sides 1m long. The cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.

More information :

(SX 60996670) Cist (NR) (1)

Cist (Listed as 'E' by Worth) found at Deadman's Bottom, Langcombe,
by Mr. Button. Probable original dimensions, length 2ft 2 ins, width
1ft. 5ins. The stones barely show above the surface and the
cover-stone is missing. (2)

This cist measures 0.7m. long by 0.5m. wide, and 0.3m. deep, and
is as planned by Worth. It is centrally placed within a low
turf-covered cairn 5.0m. in diameter and 0.3m. in height, situated
on a west slope at about 410m. OD.

Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD. (3)

Bronze Age cairn and cist. The cairn is 5m in diameter and 0.3m height with a square cist with sides 1m long. Scheduled. (4)

SX60986671 A well defined cairn 6.0m in diameter and 0.4m high with a cist in the top. This stone-lined cist measures 0.7m by 0.5m internally and 0.3 deep. Two of the side stones have fallen inwards. (5)

The Bronze Age cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. It is centred on SX 60979 66707. The cairn mound measures approximately 5.5m in diameter. Scheduled monument NHLE 1012289. (6-7)


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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 6" 1968
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : (R Hansford Worth)
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Plates : II
Vol(s) : 66, 1934
Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 NVQ 13-SEP-78
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : 02-Dec-91
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Fletcher M. 28-Feb-2002 English Heriage Field Investigation
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Cairn, Cist, Round Cairn, Animal Shed
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 504
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10675
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 66 NW 32
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External Cross Reference Source : OASIS ID
External Cross Reference Number : nmr1-512111
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : HER Number (Dartmoor National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : MDV5122
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-09-13
End Date : 1978-09-13