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Summary

A round cairn 160 metres north-north-west of Buckland Beacon. A flattened round cairn is set close by the west side of the newtake wall that defines the ridge between Buckland and Welstor Commons. Condition is declining erosion caused by footpath.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Buckland Common, extending over Buckland Beacon and including prehistoric hut circle settlements, enclosures and cairns, medieval field systems and pillow mounds and a later field system to east

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/252
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Cairn is visible on the 1940s aerial photograph.

Belsey, P. M., 1983 - 1987, Buckland In The Moor Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV345904.

25/1/1985 Circular area of stone debris 18.2 metres in diameter is situated on the ridge of Buckland Common above the 380 metre contour, forms a low mound about 20 centimetres high and is slighted by the Ashburton/Buckland parish boundary. There is one large stone 1.5 metres by 0.6 metres high just west of centre. The profile of a low mound is visible under the wall and can be seen on the other side.

Turner, J. R., 1985-1986, Survey Report (Report - Survey). SDV314794.

29/6/1985 Robbed cairn. Stone ring is 13 metres inside diameter bank 1.80 metres wide and 50 centimetres high, much of the bank on the eastern side has been destroyed. The central area has been disturbed, modern stone wall running north to south through the eastern section of the stone ring.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 66/A13 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 55, figure 18 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

A round cairn 160 metres north-north-west of Buckland Beacon. A flattened round cairn is set close by the west side of the newtake wall that defines the ridge between Buckland and Welstor Commons. Condition is declining erosion caused by footpath. SX73570 73240.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(29/08/2020) SX 73572 73249 Difficult to locate and indistinct feature. Poor condition with 90% gorse cover. Also heather present. Footpath impact minimal as gorse is too dense for people to deviate from path.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Image taken during August 2020 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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