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Summary

Cairn on the south-east edge of Broadun prehistoric settlement of 5.5 metres diameter by up to 0.8 metres high. Clipped on its north side by the Powder Mills leat it was previously described as a hut circle

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021333: Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of part of the 19th century leat supplying Powder Mills gunpowder factory, as well as a leat and reave on Chittaford Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW220
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 883265
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/297
• Old SAM County Ref: 977
• Old SAM Ref: 34492

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Burnard, R., 1891, Dartmoor Pictorial Records (Article in Serial). SDV222204.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, I. S. Sainsbury (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(29/09/1989) SX 63607981 Cairn.
Situated on the outer SE edge of Broadun settlement (SX 68 SW 11) where the wall is cut through and obscured by the Powder Mills leat, is a turf covered mound of large stones. It is 5.5nm in diameter and of 0.8m maximum height. It is depicted as a hut circle on Burnard's 19th century plan of Broadun Ring (Burnard, 1891?) but although clipped on its N side by the Powder Mills leat, it is most probably a sepulchral cairn.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 39-40, Map 27, Figure 27.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Possibly the small circular feature shown in the south-east corner of 'Broadun'.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Cairn shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1021333 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Adjacent to the southern side of the enclosure is a cairn. This survives as a 5.5 metres diameter stony mound standing up to 0.8 metres high. This cairn is clipped on its northern side by a leat carrying water to the gunpowder mills at Cherry Brook.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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