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Summary

A small turf-covered stoney cairn 4.5 metres in diameter and a maximum of 0.3 metres high lies on the north-west edge of Holne Lee. A shallow hollow lies centrally in the cairn and there is no trace of a kerb or cist.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE78
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441564
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/129
• Old SAM Ref: 28764.04

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

(13/09/1973) SX 68496984. Cairn at Holne Lee. Slight hollow centre. Diameter 4.5 metres, height 0.3 metres.

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

Not visible on aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152223 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(19/05/1999) One of 4 cairns on Holne Lee situated 1220 metres south-west of Fore Stoke.

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

Holne Lee '6' cairn at SX68496982 of 4.5 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is a small smoothly flat topped mound which may be undamaged.

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 68496984. A small turf-covered stoney cairn 4.5 metres in diameter and a maximum of 0.3 metres high lies on the north-west edge of Holne Lee. A shallow hollow lies centrally in the cairn and there is no trace of a kerb or cist. Three other cairns (SX 66 NE 1 and 72) share the same 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. Small cairn of 5 metres diameter and 0.3 metres high is a stony mound.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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