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Summary

Round cairn containing a cist. Lies within an historic field and forms part of a complex multi period archaeological landscape on the north-west slope of Hen Tor overlooking the valley of the River Plym. Mound is 2.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.15 metres high. A kerb of small upright granite slabs surround the mound which has been excavated to reveal a cist orientated south-south-east to north-north -west. The interior of the cist is 0.5 metres by 0.44 metres by 0.2 metres deep.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 146-7, Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Not shown.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
(23/04/2002) There is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the feature described by Grinsell (1978).
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
The round cairn at SX59096577 measures 2.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.15 metres high. A kerb of small upright granite slabs surround the mound which has been excavated to reveal a cist orientated south-south-east to north-north-west. The interior of the cist measures 0.5 metres long, 0.44 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE190
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439036
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/229
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE190, SX56NE190 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148455.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 165, Shaugh Prior 48 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(May 1976) SX 59096583 A slight cairn with retaining circle, enclosing a cist aligned with south-south-east to north-north-west, near the junction of Shavercombe Lake and the River Plym.
Hentor Farm. Cairn stone ring 3 metres diameter. Cist 0.5 metres by 0.44 metres. No cairn or capstone now visible (1978).

Turner, J., 1978, Fieldwork on Dartmoor, 3 (Article in Serial). SDV148454.

Hentor Farm. Cairn stone ring 3 metres diameter. Cist 0.5 metres by 0.44 metres. No cairn or capstone now visible.

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

Not visible on 1946 RAF verticals.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Platform circle. Ring of kerbstones, 2.9 metres diameter internally, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.15 metres high with central cist. The kerb stones are to same height as the central cairn fill.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140447 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(02/06/1995) At SX59096577. Round cairn containing a cist. Lies within an historic field and forms part of a complex multi period archaeological landscape on the north-west slope of Hen Tor overlooking the valley of the River Plym. Mound is 2.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.15 metres high. A kerb of small upright granite slabs surround the mound which has been excavated to reveal a cist orientated south-south-east to north-north -west. The interior of the cist is 0.5 metres by 0.44 metres by 0.2 metres deep.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 146-7, Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Not shown.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(23/04/2002) There is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the feature described by Grinsell (1978).

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The round cairn at SX59096577 measures 2.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.15 metres high. A kerb of small upright granite slabs surround the mound which has been excavated to reveal a cist orientated south-south-east to north-north-west. The interior of the cist measures 0.5 metres long, 0.44 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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