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Summary

Cairn '3' (Butler) is one of the cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Round cairn with a cist

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019273: Eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge and a stone alignment immediately west of Horn's Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE110
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443179
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/153
• Old SAM Ref: 28770.06

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE110 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152186.

(21/07/1977) SX 66647112. A probable but unusual cist is on steep well drained, north west facing slope at 365m above OD. It utilizes the south east side of a massive slab, 1.6m long, 0.4m thick and 0.7m high, with smaller slabs 0.6m to 0.9m long and 0.2m thick, which barely project above ground level.
A possible coverstone has fallen into the cist, which measures 0.9m by 0.9m internally and is aligned north east to south west. It is surrounded by a surface spread of small stones about 3.5m in diameter and 0.2m high. A second massive slab, which could also have been part of the monument, lies to the north west. See photograph. Divorced Survey 1:10 000 Scale on PFD
Enlargement Survey at 1:50 Scale on 495.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152247 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(29/04/1999) Cist 365 metres west-north-west of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Round cairn. Diameter 3.5m, height 0.2m. Cist 0.75m by 0.75m. W slab is very large 1.5m long, 0.4 thick and 0.9m high. Area n of cist is raised and this represents the remnants of a mound. A number of large stones exposed by erosion represent the lower levels of the cairn - the original size of which it was not possible to ascertain. Grass and heather.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 194-5, Map 60, Figure 60.15 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Holne Ridge N. cairn '3' at SX66637112. A prominent slab on edge forms one side of a cist with three other sides buried in the ground to the east but there is little left of the covering mound of stones.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1996, Holne Moor Survey (Report - Survey). SDV154079.

SX 66647113. This feature is as described in 1977.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Cist' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019273 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument, which falls into six areas of protection, includes eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery or cairnfield, and a stone alignment, situated on a gentle north facing slope of Holne Ridge overlooking the valley of the River Dart.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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