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Summary

Round cairn, measuring 13m in diameter, height 0.8m. A number of stone slabs set around the perimeter indicate the presence of a kerb. Surface pitting indicates previous robbing.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007827: Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 606
• Old SAM Ref: 24060

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58NW1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV234506.

(27/07/1950) SX 54748982 Diameter 11.5m; height approx 0.6m. Turf-covered cairn in poor condition, hummocky.
Located and surveyed on field document (undated).

Ancient Monuments, 1966/1993, Schedule Notes (Schedule Document). SDV234505.

April 1966 One of two cairns and stone circle east of Sourton Tors.
Round cairn, scheduled with two other prehistoric features; another round cairn and a stone circle. The top is uneven with stones showing; kerb stone visible.
(1993) Diameter 13m, height 0.8m. A number of stone slabs set around the perimeter indicate the presence of a kerb. Surface pitting indicates previous robbing.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 158 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(13/09/1975) Cairn, diameter 10m, height 0.9m. Standing stone on north-western margin might be of retaining circle.

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342809.

Visited 22/03/1982 Field Monument Warden site visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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