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Summary

The remains of a disturbed turf-covered cairn. The monument measures 10.5 by 8.5 metres and stands to a height of 0.75 metres. The cairn shows signs of disturbance as a shallow hollow slightly west of centre and a possible spoil heap lies nearby.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walling remains of an extensive Bronze Age field system, reaves, enclosures, cairns and hut circle settlements on Riddon Ridge overlain with a medieval field system and associated enclosures and Whiteslade post-medieval farmstead

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE139
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 913165

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SPOIL HEAP (Constructed, Unknown date)
• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/08/1992) SX 66147723. A disturbed turf-covered cairn located on the upper north-western flank of Riddon Ridge 300m south-east of Bellever Bridge. Lying in unenclosed moorland at the junction of three prehistoric field boundaries the cairn measures 10.5m north to south by 8.5m and stands 0.75m high. A shallow hollow about 2.0m in diameter lies slightly west of centre and a possible spoil heap lies to the east of the mound.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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