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| HER Number: | MDV133300 |
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| Name: | Possible cairn at the north end of the stone row on Conies Down, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Possible cairn of circa 3.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high at the north end of the stone row on Conies Down
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 585 790 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE5
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439578
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/27
- Old SAM County Ref: 546
- Old SAM Ref: 22220
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. N., 1893, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor, Part 2, 543 (Article in Serial). SDV231164.
(Est. 1880s: Burnard) Runs approximately south-west by north-east, between Conies Down Tor and Conies Down. Measures 176 metres long. About the centre of the alignment, faint traces of cairn or barrow. Nothing definite. Large prostrate slab appears to mark upper end.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 76-77, 240, Map 30 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Conies Down Stone Row cairn at SX58597905 of circa 3.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high. A very low mound next to the final slabs of the stone row must always have been of slight construction.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
The recumbent stone at the northern end may be a blocking stone; there is no trace of the slight cairn mentioned by Butler (1991) at this end. Some 20 metres to the south of the southernmost upright is a small, natural outcrop which is probably the small cairn described by Crossing (1965).
Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1008012 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.
There are no visible terminals associated with this row.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 76-77, 240, Map 30. [Mapped feature: #138780 ] |
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| SDV231164 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1893. The Stone Rows of Dartmoor, Part 2. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 25. Unknown. 543. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV364675 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1008012. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV122712 | Related to: Ancient trackway known as The Lichway (Monument) |
| MDV4592 | Related to: Stone row on Conies Down, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8813 - Archaeological and historical investigation of Peat Cutting on North-Western Dartmoor
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 3 2022 9:40AM |
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