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Summary

Round cairn south-west of the stone rows to the south-eest of Hart Tor of 8.5 metres diameter by 0.7 metres high with a small depression in the centre. Six stones of the retaining circle are visible.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020129: Tinworks and other archaeological remains in the Meavy valley at Stanlake, Black Tor, Hart Tor and Cramber Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE34
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440124
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/14
• Old SAM County Ref: 302
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24106
• Old SAM Ref: 22297

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Cairn' shown on 19th century map.

Rowe, S., 1896, A Perambulation of the Royal Forest of Dartmoor and the venville precincts, 191 (Monograph). SDV249697.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4438 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272207.

(05/06/1950) SX 5757 7165 .Turf covered with hollowed centre. Diameter 8.5m, height 0.60m.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX57SE34, SX57SE34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV363282.

(20/06/1977) A cairn situated on a level site about 40.0m south-east of the river Meavy. It consists of a turf-covered mound of stones, 8.5m in diameter and 0.7m in height, with a small depression in the centre. Six stones of the retaining circle are visible. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 174 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(25/04/1973) Cairn, diameter 8.0m, height 0.6m, hollow towards centre.

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

Visible on 1947 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152549, MPP 130689 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5755 7164) Round cairn 240m south-east of Black Tor

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 59, 207, Map 46, Figure 46.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hart Tor S W cairn at SX57567165 of 9.0 metres diameter by 0.8 metres high. A prominent cairn retains a good shape but has not escaped plundering in the centre.

Gerrard, S., 1999, Hart Tor Stone Rows and Cairns (Meavy Valley Archaeology Site Report 9), 13; figs 6-7 (Report - Survey). SDV360981.

This cairn has a substantial hollow leading into the mound from its southern side. Material upcast from this robbing activity has distorted the profile of the mound which may have originally been flat topped. The cairn measures 8.8m in diameter and stands up to 0.7m high. A small number of apparently edge-set stones around the eastern edge of the mound may represent an outer kerb, although it is equally possible that they simply form exposed parts of the cairns core. See plan.

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

(07/09/2007) The disturbed cairn is covered by moorland grass . Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-96 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 01/12/2019. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-96 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 170° showing grass/moss/heather covering with gorse on S and E sides.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020129 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

A third cairn lies 20 metres south of the double stone alignment and includes an 8.8 metres diameter and 0.7 metres high flat topped mound. A kerb of stones is visible around the eastern edge of the mound and survives elsewhere around the circumference as a buried feature. A hollow in the centre of this cairn suggests previous antiquarian interest in this mound.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Hart Tor tin works
• EDV7526 - Survey of Har Tor Stone Rows and Cairns
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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