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Summary

Small cairn 430 metres east-north-east of the Grey Wethers stone circles of 4.5 metres diameter by 0.7 metres high. The northern of two mounds has a slight hollow in the centre which is probably the result of robbing or partial early excavation.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two prehistoric cairns east-north-east of the Grey Wethers stone circles, the largest of which may be a ring cairn
• Scheduled Monument 1018707: Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW86
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 621646
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/104
• Old SAM Ref: 28680.3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Greeves, T., 1983, Cairn east of Grey Wethers (Worksheet). SDV224024.

Visited on 16th May 1983. A small conventional prehistoric cairn on north-east side of a barrow.

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

Not visible on RAF 1947 aerial photograph.

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

(02/07/1990) Two cairns, 3 metres apart, are situated on a slight natural shelf located on a gentle south-east facing slope at 480 metres OD. The area in stone-free moorland pasture has been disturbed by peat-cutting activity. At SX 64278331. The small, satellite cairn is 4.4 metres in diameter and a maximum 0.5 metres high. it has a ragged, reed-filled central pit which is 1.2 metres across and 0.2 metres deep. There is no trace of a kerb.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144195 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(09/09/1997) A round cairn lying 435m ENE of the Grey Wethers stone circles. Diameter 4.5m, hight 0.7m. Central pit 1m by 0.8m by 0.15m deep. Grass and rush covered mound.

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

Small cairn shown on survey.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018707 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

The monument, which falls into six areas, includes two stone circles, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure lying at the head of three separate rivers within Great Stannon Newtake. Four metres to the north-east of a larger cairn is another mound which measures 4.5 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres high. A slight hollow in the centre of this cairn is probably the result of robbing or partial early excavation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8650 - Great Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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