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Summary

Small cairn, 3.0 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high with a central excavation hollow measuring 1.0 metre wide and 0.4 metres deep stands 8.0 metres east of the standing stone.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013430: A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE9
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440047
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/24
• Old SAM County Ref: 334
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 12/01/1996
• Old SAM Ref: 24194

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 15/09/2004, Scheduled Monument Consent Letter (Correspondence). SDV319872.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for works concerning a five year programme of management works including erosion repairs.

Worth, R. N., 1893, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor, Part 2, 541 (Article in Serial). SDV231164.

Baring Gould, S., 1895, Second Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 86 (Article in Serial). SDV271711.

Rowe, S., 1896, A Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor, 208 (Monograph). SDV249697.

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

'Cairn' shown on early 20th century map between two 'Menhirs',

Ordnance Survey, 1906, 106NE (Cartographic). SDV249909.

Merrivale. The remains of a barrow lie between two menhirs near stone circle.

Burnard, R., 1911, Address of the President, 52 (Article in Serial). SDV231227.

Worth, R. H., 1930, Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, 33-34 (Article in Serial). SDV231168.

Worth, R. H., 1940, The Dartmoor Menhirs, 196-197 (Article in Serial). SDV231163.

Other details: Plate 8, Fig 2.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 173 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visit 15th October 1975. Cairn, hollow towards centre between standing stone (west) and recumbent stone (east). Diameter 2.7 metres, height 0.2 metres.

NMR, 1979, SF1510/174 (Aerial Photograph). SDV271705.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX57SE9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV231218.

(20/12/1979) Cairn. Now turf-covered with central excavation pit. Diameter measures 2.4 metres, 0.1 metres in height.

The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Unit, 1985, The Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV340940.

Visible and recorded.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 79, F19 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Encircled cairn with a ring of orthostats around cairn, measuring 5.5 metres in diameter, 2.5 metres diameter (?) and 0.2 metres high, lying between two standing stones, one to the east is recumbent.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133477 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Round cairn located at SX55357458, surviving as a 3.2 metre (diameter) mound standing up to 0.2 metres high. A central hollow, 1.0 metre by 0.8 metre by 0.2 metres deep, may represent the site of a partial early excavation or robbing. Two edge set stones protruding through the turf to the north and south of the cairn may be the remains of a circle described by Rowe. When complete this encircling kerb would have had a diameter of approximately 6.0 metres.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 23-31, Map 44, Figures 44.7, 44.7.5 & 44.7.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Cairn near Merrivale Standing Stone at SX55367458 of 3.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high with a central pit.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2000, The Merrivale Guardianship Area, Walkhampton, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV344969.

(30/10/1999) Small cairn, 3.0 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high with a central excavation hollow measuring 1.0 metre wide and 0.4 metres deep stands 8.0 metres east of the standing stone.

Dartmoor National Park + English Heritage, 2004, Merrivale: An Archaeological Landscape (Leaflet). SDV320201.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, Mer-20 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 2/10/2019. Cairn covered with grass. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-20 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 340° showing grass cover.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Cairn shown on modern mapping between two stnding stones.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1013430 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes a stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone, stone alignment and several small earthfast upright granite slabs situated on a gentle south facing slope on Longash Common overlooking the valley of an unnamed tributary of the River Walkham. A small cairn lies 5.5 metres to the east of the standing stone, and survives as a 3.2 metres diameter mound standing up to 0.2 metres high. A hollow in the centre of the mound, measuring 1 metre long by 0.8 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep, may represent the site of early excavation or robbing. Two edge set stones protruding through the turf to the north and south of the cairn may be the remains of a circle described by Rowe. When complete this encircling kerb would have had a diameter of approximately 6 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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