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Summary

Cairn on Royal Hill, 280 metres south of the “Crock of Gold” cist. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a Bronze age cairn and cist on Royal Hill, south of the Crock of Gold cist

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Evidential): NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX67SW191
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619845
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/114

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Greeves, T. A. P., 1982, Site visit (Worksheet). SDV279373.

Well preserved cairn and cist due south of the Crock of Gold cist (PRN 6308). Oval grass-covered cairn with diameter 8.0 meters by 7.2 meters, maximum height 0.75 meters. On top of the cairn at its centre is a stone cist with three granite slabs, visible internal dimensions 0.56 meters by 0.65 meters. A slab lies 0.85 meters south of outer edge, possibly the remnant of a retaining circle. Also possible remnant of an outer retaining circle.

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

Not visible.

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

(09/02/1989) A cairn and cist at SX 61297278 is upon an area of moorland pasture on the broad summit of Royal Hill.
The cairn has overall diameters of 7.4m E to W, and 6.5m N to S, and is about 0.5m high. It is turf covered, but the tops of three stones of an inner retaining circle are exposed to a height of 0.3m. The largest is 1.1m long and 0.2m thick. Towards the E edge of the cairn there is a part buried post type stone 0.9m long and 0.3m in section the sole evidence of an outer kerb; other smaller stones lie loose on the ground and may have been thrown from the interior.
The cist, oriented E to W is largely infilled; internally it measures 0.8m by 0.6m, and is 0.2m deep. The coverstone is missing as is the stone at the E end. The others take the form of irregular boulders rather than slabs, the side stones 0.9m long and 0.3m thick and the W end stone 0.5m long and 0.25m thick.
Cairn discovered by Mr P E Crozier, the tenant.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 83 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Indication of a stone ring or ring cairn beneath cairn.

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.

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

National Monuments Record, 2010, 619845 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV279375.

Other details: NMR number SX 67 SW 191.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8628 - Tor Royal Farm Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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