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Summary

The cairn at this location is one of four such features in this general area. Scheduled in 1992. Recorded in 1999 as being more disturbed - probably as a result of military activity. The form, location and relationship of all the cairns in this area is suggestive of clearance activity in the medieval or later periods. There is no evidence to suggest that they are clearance products of the prehistoric period, although this feature remains on the list of scheduled sites.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011993: Cairn east of Scout Hut

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE201
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619139
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/353
• Old SAM Ref: 10713

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Neolithic - 4000 BC (Between) to 2201 BC (Between))

Full description

Robinson, R., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits (Site Visit). SDV114314.

Visited in October 1983. A cairn (doubtful) lies circa 30 metres south of the Eylesbarrow track. An irregular bilberry covered mound 4-5 metres diameter and 0.5 metres high with an off-centre depression to ground level on south side. No sign of kerb circle.

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

Not visible on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Not shown.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Depicted by Robertson.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

SX 58206743 (visited 05/08/1999). The cairn at this location is one of four such features in this general area (the others are recorded as SX 56 NE 210). It is largely as described at the time of scheduling in 1992 though its interior is more disturbed than suggested then - probably as a result of relatively recent military activity.
The form, location and relationship of all the cairns in this area is suggestive of clearance activity in the medieval or later periods. There is no evidence to suggest that they are clearance products of the prehistoric period.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

Visited 10/03/2005. This feature remains in a stable condition and is as described by English Heritage Field Investigation visit in 1992 (citing Probert, S. A. J., 10/03/2005, English Heritage Field Investigation).

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011993 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn at SX58206734 lies on a south-west-facing slope east of Scout Hut and north of Eastern Tor and the major agglomerated enclosure with hut circles at Whittenknowles Rocks. It is a grass and bilberry covered mound 5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres in height with a slight hollow in its south side.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape

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