One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
List Entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate
List entry Number: 1012462
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: South Hams
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Harford
National Park: DARTMOOR
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 27-Nov-1991
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 10618
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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Reasons for Designation
Dartmoor is the largest expanse of open moorland in Southern Britain and because of exceptional conditions of preservation, it is also one of the most complete examples of an upland relict landscape in the whole country. The great wealth and diversity of archaeological remains provides direct evidence for human exploitation of the Moor from the early prehistoric period onwards. The well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites, major land boundaries, trackways, ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as later industrial remains, gives significant insights into successive changes in the pattern of land use through time. This cairn occupies a prominent position on the brow of a hill, its relationship to other ceremonial and settlement monuments in this part of the Erme Valley, including Bullaven Reave which lies immediately to the north, indicates the wealth of evidence for prehistoric activity on this part of the Moor.
History
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Details
Many examples of prehistoric funerary monuments are preserved on Dartmoor,
mostly dating to the Bronze Age (c.2500 to 500BC). To celebrate or
commemorate the dead, mounds of earth or stone were piled in roughly
hemispherical shape over the burial, which was sometimes contained in a
small rectangular structure, or cist, made of stone slabs. Some monuments
also include kerbstones marking the outer edge of the mound and a
surrounding ditch. This cairn, one of two north-east of Harford Moor Gate,
is 7.5m in diameter and 0.4m in height, it is turf-covered and has traces of
a retaining kerb.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings' in Dartmoor Barrows, , Vol. 36, (1978), 141
Other
Devon county SMR SX65NW-48,
National Grid Reference: SX 64535 59788
Map
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