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Summary

A damaged cairn 7.4 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high, bisected by an excavation trench. Surveyed in 1998 as part of the Willsworthy project.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cairn 600 metres south-east of Hare Tor, Peter Tavy

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440588
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/13
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58SE4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV230966.

(20/07/1950) Turf covered, hollow in centre; remains of a possible retaining circle surround the cairn. Diameter 7.2m, height 0.7m.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 160 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58SE4, SX58SE4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV230968.

(02/10/1979) On the ridge to the south east of Hare Tor at about 456m OD is the remains of a cairn mutilated by an excavation trench. It measures 7.5m in diameter and averages 0.8m in height. The cairn is mainly constructed of small stone with noticeably larger stones towards its perimeter suggesting a possible kerb.
Revised at 1:10 000 on MSD. See ground photograph.

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

Not visible on Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 105, 241, Map 32, Site 19 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hare Tor S.E. cairn at SX55478368 of 7.5 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high. A solitary cairn on the south-east flank of Hare Tor. A ground level trench has been cut across it from edge to edge suggesting it was an unrecorded archaeological investigation.

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.

(22/06/1998) A well defined, though damaged BA cairn is situated on the crest of a ridge at SX55498371 some 456m above OD. It is 7.4m in diameter, 0.4m high on the uphill side and 0.7m high on the downhill side. It is bisected by a well-defined excavation trench some 0.7m deep; only a few granite boulders and stones are visible on the surface. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

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

(23/01/2001) This feature remains as described in 1998.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Cairn is depicted on the modern mapping, but slightly to the south-west of the actual location (aerial photographs (2015) and lidar data confirm accurate site).

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Cairn is visible on the aerial photography.

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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