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Summary

Four upright slabs form a crude semi-circle above Stannon Brook. Previously described as a ring cairn, it does not form a recognisable archaeological feature and seems more like random assemblage of natural slabs.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW68
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 621536
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/81

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STONE (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275958.

Des=worksheet. Vis=18/10/1982 (greeves) possible prehistoric ring cairn or small med/ post-med structure below clitter on west side of stannon brook. Measures 4m x 3m and contains a number of slab-like stones set on edge (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275959.

Des=dnp survey drawing 1:10560/(-/10/1982)in parish file.

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

Not visible on 1947 RAF aerial photograph.

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

(22/02/1989) SX 64918123. Four upright slabs form a crude semi-circle on a small shelf of an otherwise steep, E-facing and clitter strewn hillside, above Stannon Brook. The semi-circle described by the slabs is 3m in diameter with a maximum height of 0.7m. It does not form a recognisable archaeological feature and seems more like random assemblage of natural slabs.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8649 - Little Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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