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Summary

A disturbed cairn 9.0 metres in diameter lies on the northern tip of Holne Lee overlooking Venford reservoir. Now standing 0.4 metres high this feature has suffered severe disturbance to its centre.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019268: Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE72
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441552
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/118
• Old SAM Ref: 28764

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 142 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Cairn with hollow centre sited on hill slope. Diameter 8 metres, height 0.3 metres.

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

Recorded.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152220 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(19/05/1999) Cairn at SX68686994. One of 4 cairns on Holne Lee situated 1220 metres south-west of Fore Stoke. Diameter 8.4m, height 0.4m. A 1.8m wide circular bank surrounding an internal area with a diameter of 4.8m. A few stones protruding through the turf. Probably a ring cairn, though could be a robbed round cairn

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 171-2, Map 58, Figure 58.7 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Holne Lee '8' cairn at SX68696993 of 8.7 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(06/01/1997) Cairn at SX 68686995. A disturbed cairn 9.0 metres in diameter lies on the northern tip of Holne Lee overlooking Venford reservoir. Now standing 0.4 metres high this feature has suffered severe disturbance to its centre. Three other cairns (SX 66 NE 1 and 78) share this ridge crest position. (

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Cairn shown on survey.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019268 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument, which falls into four areas of protection, includes four cairns situated on a gentle east facing slope on Holne Lee overlooking the valley of the River Dart. The northern example is a ring cairn and survives as a 1.8 metres wide by 0.4 metres high rubble bank surrounding an internal area measuring 4.8 metres in diameter.

National Monuments Record, unknown, SX6869, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV152907.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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