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Summary

Turf-covered cairn measuring 12.3m. in diameter and 0.6m. in height, in a ruinous state. A few stones of a possible retaining circle are in site. Cairn on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric cairn north of Dockwell Ridge, circa 170 metres south of line of boundary stones

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Evidential): NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX66SE100
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442057
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/151

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Glanville, P., 07/12/1990, Cairn on Dockwell Ridge (Worksheet). SDV163202.

Site visit 7th December 2012. A number of stones set tangentially to the cairn forming possible multiple stone circles.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4270 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SE100 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163201.

(30/06/1977) SX 68706437. Situated on the flat summit of Dockwell Ridge at approximately 345m. O.D. is a turf-covered cairn measuring 12.3m. in diameter and 0.6m. in height, in a ruinous state. A few stones of a possible retaining circle are in site.
Found during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Robinson, R., 1978, Barrow (Worksheet). SDV150050.

Site visit May 1978. Barrow on Dockwell Ridge. This barrow built of granite, overgrown by turf and bilberry lies almost due south of the boundary stone at SX68656455 at roughly 200 metres distance, on Dockwell Ridge. It was first observed by Mr. J. Turner. There are no signs of a surrounding ditch. It is less gorse-covered than the surrounding land, which is densely overgrown by it. Cairn measures 12.0 metres in diameter, height 0.5 metres.

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

Site visible on Royal Air Force aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 110, Map 57 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Cairn at SX68706437 of 12.5 metres by 0.6 metres high built on the crest of the Dockwell Ridge facing Gripper's Hill. Its pitted surface revealing several concentric rings of small slabs.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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