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Summary

Possible cairn noted in 1985 and scheduled in 1999. Fieldwork visit in 2004 re-classified this as part of the Taw Marsh Reave.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016642: Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of an extensive area of medieval or later tin working on both sides of the River Taw at Taw Marsh as well as Taw Marsh Bronze Age reave on South Tawton Common

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW92
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1233486
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/243/2
• Old SAM Ref: 28725.02(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• REAVE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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

Cairns not recorded.

Robinson, R., 1985, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV346449.

Two previously unrecorded small cairns, some 35.0 metres apart, located just north of the two set stones on the western slope of Metheral Hill which now act as markers of the Lydford / South Tawton. Cairn A (western cairn) is located around 150 metres due north of the western boundary stone and is stony and round, covered in bilberry and heather. It measures 3.0 - 5.0 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high. It has one possible kerbstone on the south-west side, 0.2 metres high, 0.3 metrers long.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149281 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(29/01/1998) SX 6248 9009 The western of two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill.
This heather and grass covered mound measures 5.0 metres in diameter, height 0.65 metres. An edge set stone on the southern edge of the mound may indicate a kerb. This cairn is located 171 degrees from east boundary stone and 173 degrees from the western boundary stone.

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

(17/02/2004) This feature appears to have ben confused with the Taw Marsh Reave which passes through the NGR given by Gerrard / Scheduling authority.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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