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Summary

Western cairn in a group of three cairns near two huts to the south-west of enclosure at Drizzlecombe. All the cairns have been dig into and some are hard to differentiate from the huts.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE24
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438568
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/74
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24104
• Old SAM Ref: 10724

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Shown as 'Hut Circle' on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Shown as 'Hut Circle' on early 20th century map.

Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor, 210 (Monograph). SDV231148.

A ruined barrow with cairn circle.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56NE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV229317.

(27/06/1977) A cairn, situated on a south-west facing slope of 350m OD. It consists of an amorphous mound of stones containing a number of larger boulders which form no coherent pattern. Its diameter is 7.5m and its height 0.5m. There is no trace of the retaining circle mentioned by Worth in 1953. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 167 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Cairn, hollow towards centre, with retaining circle. Diameter 7.0 metre, height 0.3 metres.

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

Not visible on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133427 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 12th March 1993. Cairn survives as a 7 metres diameter mound standing up to 0.4 metres high. The south-east side of the mound has seen limited damage as a result of robbing or a partial early excavation. There are some upright stones in the make up of the cairn and a few stones set on edge around the periphery of the mound may represent a kerb.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 128, 142, 210, Map 49, Figures 49.13, 49.18 & 49.19.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Drizzlecombe cairn '15' at SX59256721 of circa 8.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is one of three cairns to the south-of the enclosure.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley, 874 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Depicted.

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

(08/09/1999) SX 5925 6718. A badly damaged cairn composed of stones and small boulders is 7.2m in diameter and a maximum 0.6m high on the downhill side. A large ragged central depression is 0.6m deep with spoil piled on the mound and the north-west side. Some small edge-set stones are visible around the periphery.
An additional two small cairns are shown on the survey mapping to the south-east and south-west of this cairn but are not described separately.

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

Shown as a cairn on survey.

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

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England, 1014145 (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.

Cairn diameter 5 metres, height 0.5 metres. Some upright stones in its make-up and a possible retaining kerb.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 05/02/2020. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 23 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 210° showing grass/moss cover.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 28/06/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

Scheduling amended (09/03/2001).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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