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HER Number:MDV56216
Name:Unconfirmed stone row and cairn

Summary

Hemery records 'a much overgrown single row, of only 9 stones, leading to the probable remains of a kistvaen, and yet another single row, fallen and overgrown leading north-east to another cairn.' Survey in 2006 failed to locate any of these features; unlikely features.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 591 693
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX56NE204
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 619145
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/98

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • STONE ALIGNMENT? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

NMR, CITING HEMERY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260226.

Stone row and cairn sited from hemery and os 10000 (1980). A little to the s of the enclosure (sx56ne/131) there stands a much overgrown single row, of only 9 stones, leading to the probable remains of a kistvaen, and yet another single row, fallen and overgrown leading ne to another cairn (nmr, citing hemery).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260227.

Nmr=sx56ne204.

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 147 (Monograph). SDV249702.

SX 591693. Hemery cites a stone row and cairn (and Ordnance Survey 10,000 1980) A little to the south of the enclosure (SX 56 NE 30) there stands a much overgrown single row, of only 9 stones, leading to the probable remains of a kistvaen, and yet another single row, fallen and overgrown leading north-east to another cairn.

Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV354588.

Cramber Tor Survey 2002, Site WA177.

Newman, P., 2006, Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV233640.

(01/08/2006) No trace of the stone row or cist could be found.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV233640Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2006. Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation. English Heritage.
SDV249702Monograph: Hemery, E.. 1983. High Dartmoor. High Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 147.
SDV260226Migrated Record: NMR, CITING HEMERY.
SDV260227Migrated Record:
SDV354588Report - Survey: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey. Wessex Archaeology Report. Unknown.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
  • EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area

Date Last Edited:Aug 27 2021 2:17PM