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Summary

Cairn of 6.4 metres by 6.1 metres and 0.4 metres high between the summits of Hare Tor and Sharp Tor

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Probable Bronze Age cairn on a broad ridge 300 metres south-east of Sharp Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SE62
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1146812

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 106, 241, Map 32, Site 20 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hare Tor N. 2 cairn at SX55098446 (?) of 10.0 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high. About a third of the material has been removed from the eastern side but it is still a substantial monument. Cairn lies 120 metres downhill to the south-west from Hare Tor N cairn 1 (Grid reference is therefore inaccurate).

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(20/07/1998) A turf-covered mound of uncertain origin lies just off the crest of a broad ridge at SX55288457, some 510 metres above ordnance datum. It measures 6.4 metres by 6.1 metres and up to 0.4 metres high and lies in an area of peat cutting. Its origin and function are not obvious but it could be either a cairn of prehistoric origin or possibly a stone clearance cairn associated with the post medieval peat cutting.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(23/01/2001) This feature remains as described in 1998.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Cairn shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Cairn is visible on aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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