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Summary

The site of a possible ring cairn lies on the crest of Homerton Hill 550m east of the ford at Vellake Corner. The feature survives as an intermittent stony ring 9.5m in external diameter with a gently sloping interior. The enclosing bank is best preserved on the south side where it measures 2.4m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high. This feature has been incorporated into a later field system, also associated with a hut circle and several clusters of clearance cairns some of which have been Scheduled.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010774: Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 967741
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX59SE48
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/58/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24149

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133346 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(31/01/1994) SX 5622 9037 Ring cairn within an enclosure, forming part of a cairnfield. Ring cairn has seen considerable damage to its north-west side and now survives as a 2m wide and 0.4m high C-shaped bank which would have originally enclosed an area 7m in diameter. A 1m wide and 0.3m high lynchet leads from the ring cairn to the largest of the nearby circular mounds.

English Heritage, 1994, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV230529.

(20/09/1994) SX56249037 Two circular cairns, an oval cairn and a ring cairn were recorded lying within an enclosure, forming part of a cairnfield situated on a gentle north west facing slope of Homerton Hill overlooking the valley of the west Okement River. The cairns are of Bronze Age date.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(28/01/2004) SX ?96159046. The site of a possible ring cairn lies on the creast of Homerton Hill 550m east of the ford at Vellake Corner. The feature survives as an intermittent stony ring 9.5m in external diameter with a gently sloping interior. The enclosing bank is best preserved on the south side where it measures 2.4m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high.
This feature has been incorporated into a later field system (1393507), also associated with a hut circle and several clusters of clearance cairns some of which have been Scheduled by English Heritage (1994).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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