MMO109 - Late prehistoric clearance cairn on Shallowford Common (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
(SS 7110 4389) Hut Circle (NR). [1] SS 711439. A stoneheap 14 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet high: not a hut circle. [2] SS 7111 4389. The feature at this map reference is a small cairn 5.0 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high. Surveyed at 1:2500. [4] SS 7111 4389. This is not a hut circle, a stone heap or a cairn. The topographical situation, on a steep slope almost on top of the Barbrook stream, precludes this feature from being a hut circle or cairn. What appears to have been misinterpreted by the previous authorities is part of the western end of a field wall, about 4 metres wide and 0.4 metres high, covered in bracken and rough grass. The wall extends up the slope to the northeast from here for some distance and appears to be part of a prehistoric or later field system extending across Shallowford Common to the north (see MMO108). [5] A small circular mound is visible on aerial photographs at this location, at the western edge of the prehistoric field system on Shallowford Common. It appears from the photograph that as well as the field wall, a clearance cairn has been constructed at this location, which has merged into the wall. [6-7] The cairn is depicted and labelled on the 2021 MasterMap data at SS 7111 4388. [8] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [9]
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SEM7220 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1962. 6 Inch Map: 1962. 1:10560.
- <2> SMO4578 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1970. The Archaeology of Exmoor: Bideford Bay to Bridgewater. David and Charles Limited. 195.
- <3> SMO4103 Monograph: Page, W. (editor). 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Devon. Archibald Constable and Company, Limited (London). 1. 629.
- <4> SMO7308 Unpublished document: Fletcher, M.J.. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, 9 September 1974.
- <5> SMO7324 Unpublished document: Sainsbury, I.S.S. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 6 September 1994.
- <6> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF 540/931 3089-90 (8 November 1952).
- <7> SMO7565 Archive: English Heritage. 2007-2009. Exmoor National Park NMP: SS 74 SW. MD002182.
- <8>XY SEM340794 Map: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap data. 1:2,500. [Mapped feature: #40461 ]
- <9> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 35415, Extant 12 January 2022.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=35415 (Original Monarch entry: 35415)
Other Statuses/References
- Devon SMR Monument ID: 12239
- Devon SMR: SS74SW/31
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MDE1301
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MDE20292
- Local List Status (Candidate)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 SW31
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 35415
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 7111 4388 (6m by 5m) Aerial Survey |
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Map sheet | SS74SW |
Civil Parish | LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (3)
Record last edited
Jan 12 2022 8:32AM
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