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HER Number:MDV130432
Name:Cairn 220 metres north of Hingston Hill stone row, Walkhampton

Summary

Small cairn 220 metres north of Hingston Hill stone row of 4.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high

Location

Grid Reference:SX 587 694
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 72-73, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hingston Hill Summit 2 cairn at SX58746948 of 4.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high. Inconspicuous small cairn 220 metres north of Hingston Hill stone row is hollowed at the centre and close to a line of tinners' pits.

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

Possibly visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 72-73, Map 47. [Mapped feature: #129683 ]
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV3439Related to: Cairn at west end of Hingston Hill stone row east of Down Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3502Related to: Hingston Hill Stone Row, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3440Related to: Round cairn and later tin prospecting pits north-west of Hingston Stone Row, Walkhampton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

Date Last Edited:Apr 23 2021 2:34PM