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Summary

A cairn adjacent to the south side of the Eylesbarrow Reave on the ridge of Ringmoor Down. Originally of about 10m diameter, it has been comprehensively robbed and survives only as a low, turf covered rim and surface undulations.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012281: Cairn adjacent to the south side of Eylesbarrow Reave
• SHINE: Section of the Eylesbarrow Reave, a Bronze Age boundary work across Ringmoor Down, and adjacent Bronze Age cairns

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE163
• National Record of the Historic Environment (Yes): 438959
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/493
• Old SAM Ref: 10583

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE163 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV221053.

(09/03/1979) At SX 57026682, on the summit of Ringmoor Down and adjacent to a reave (SX 56 NE 172), is a robbed cairn. Originally about 10.0m. in diameter it has been so gutted as to leave a perimeter rim 0.3m. high, 1.0m. wide, and ragged on the inner face.
The centre of the cairn is strewn with small stones at surface level but incorporates one upright slab 0.5m. high 3.0m. from the perimeter. This may be the sole surviving part of an inner wall or retaining circle.
The edge of the cairn abuts the reave but the robbing appears to be of fairly recent date (?1939-45 war).
Discovered during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

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

Not recorded on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 144-5, Map 49, Figure 49.21 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Ringmoor Down cairn '11' at SX57026682 of originally about 17 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high which lies just east of the reave as it crosses the summit. Only part of the outer rim of small stones remains together with a few large blocks.

Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(14/02/2005) This feature remains as described by the Ordnance Survey (1979) and is visible as a grassy area surrounded by dense molinea. The dating of the disturbance is somewhat doubtful as stone robbing is a common attribute of this area.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPRM-6 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(27/07/2019) Condition assessed as ?very good by volunteer recorders; no issues recorded.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Feature photographed in July 2019.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012281 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn is situated on the brow of a spur extending west from Gutter Tor and lies immediately next to the south side of Eylesbarrow Reave. It is 17 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres in height and there are traces of a retaining circle within the mound, which has been partly disturbed. It lies within 400 metres of several other cairns on Ringmoor Down associated with the reave.

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

A destroyed cairn adjacent to the Eylesbarrow Reave. SX 57019 66819. A cairn adjacent to the south side of the Eylesbarrow Reave on the ridge of Ringmoor Down. Originally of about 10m diameter, it has been comprehensively robbed and survives only as a low, turf covered rim and surface undulations.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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