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Summary

Cairn in a group of three to the south-east of the stone row on Walkhampton Common. Only two were found in 2019.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019566: Stone alignment, five cairns, two stone hut circles and a length of reave 600m north east of Horseyeatt

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE124
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440384
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/191
• Old SAM Ref: 28782.03

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE124, SX57SE124 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV270059.

(22/05/1980) Three cairns, situated on a slight south-west slope, similar to those 100 metres to the north and probably of prehistoric origin rather than isolated examples of late clearance.
Cairn C: at SX55087067. A turf-covered cairn 3.4 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high with a hollow in the centre 1.6 metres across and 0.2 metres deep.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on M.S.D. and at 1:2500 (see plan).

Ordnance Survey, 1982, Ordnance Survey Drawing (Cartographic). SDV270058.

Group of three cairns centred here on Ordnance Survey drawing.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on 1946 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152403 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX55097065 a cairn 700 metres north-east of Horseyeatt forming part of a ritual complex on Walkhampton Common. Cairn diameter 4.8 metres by 0.3 metres high with a central pit 1.5 metres by 1.2 metres by 0.1 metres deep. Stones protruding through the turf. Central pit orientated at 30 degrees. Grass and bracken covered.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 44, 85, Map 45 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Sharpitor W '2' cairn at SX55097065 of 3.7 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is one of three to the south-east of the stone row which have been broken into.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(13/06/2007) Three cairns located on a slight south-west slope. One measures 6.4m by 5.2m and up to 0.6m high with as hollow in the top. There is no visible stone. The neighbouring cairn has been cut back so that now only a crescent of a stony mound survives. This is 7.2m across and from 0.3m to 0.7m high. Its north-easterly edge is overlaid by the bank and ditch of an intake field boundary. The third cairn is a low grass-covered mound
The cairns lie in close-cropped moorland grass with widely spaced, but spreading, stands of gorse and bracken. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Newman, P., 2019, An Archaeological Survey of an area of Walkhampton Common, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Appendix (Report - Survey). SDV363478.

A group of three barrows reported by the Ordnance Survey and repeated on the Scheduled Monument designation. Only two cairns exist at this location (MDV61947 and MDV61948).

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Western of three 'Cairns' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1019566 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

Three cairns stand in a cluster. These are between 4.8 metres and 7.8 metres in diameter and stand between 0.3 metres and 0.8 metres high. All three mounds have seen partial early investigation and one has been cut by a later field ditch.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8225 - Survey of an area of Walkhampton CommonSurvey of an area of Walkhampton Common
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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