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Summary

Cairn of 8.3 metres by 6.1 metres and 0.6 metres high within Enclosure 'A' at settlement on Nattor DownCairn within Enclosure 'A' at settlement on Nattor Down

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008711: An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SW18
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440710
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/36
• Old SAM County Ref: 586
• Old SAM Ref: 22248

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV215572.

(Undated) Round barrow on Nattor Down. Moorland. Diameter measures c.9.0m, height 0.6m.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX58SW18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV215573.

(18/07/1950) Two cairns discovered during field investigation.
(15/08/1979) A: A turf-covered cairn measuring 8.3m northeast/southwest and 6.1m northwest/southeast and 0.6m high. It incorporates some large stones, e.g. one 1.0m by 0.7m by 0.3m, is one side but none that might represent a cist. For some 60.0m around the cairn the ground has been cleared of stone, so it could be a clearance heap, but these are not common on Dartmoor, so the possibility is unlikely.
B: A turf-covered cairn measuring 4.2m by 4.9m and 0.5m high, with a slight hollow in the top.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 159 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(14/09/1975) Cairn on Nattor Down, 6.4m diameter, 0.6m height.

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

Not visible on Royal Air Force verticals.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130622 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1993) Round cairn mound measures 9.5m north-west by south-east by 6m north-east by south-west and stands up to 0.9m high. This cairn has seen limited damage as a result of a post-Medieval leat being cut through the eastern part of the mound. The area surrounding the mound has been cleared of stone and it is therefore possible that this mound represents a clearance cairn. The Ordnance Survey disregard the clearance hypothesis on the grounds that clearance cairns are not common on Dartmoor. This argument is no longer sufficient to justify the identification of this mound as a funerary cairn.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 98-100, 241, Map 32, Figure 32.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Nattor Down cairn '3' at SX53938286 of 6.3 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high within Enclosure 'A' at the Nattor Down settlements.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(01/08/1998) SX 53938288 and SX 54098296. These features are as described in 1979.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(15/01/2001) No change.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

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

Within Scheduled area.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Depicted on map layer.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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