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Summary

One of three round barrows on Greena Ball which may be peat charcoal burning platforms

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002547: Three round barrows east of Greena Ball

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/22
• Old SAM County Ref: 556A

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC)
• CHARCOAL BURNING PLATFORM (XI to XIX - 1100 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Rowe, S., 1896, A Perambulation of the Royal Forest of Dartmoor and the venville precincts, 210 (Monograph). SDV249697.

Baring Gould, S., 1900, A Book of Dartmoor, 272 (Monograph). SDV277387.

Falcon, T. A., 1905, Dartmoor: A Note on Graves, 460 (Article in Serial). SDV255372.

Fox, A., 1953, 20th Report on the Archaeology and Early History of Devon (Article in Serial). SDV223412.

Oval and in peat bog.

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

Site visited on 5th June 1976. Round barrow, apparently of earth or turves; slight hollow near the centre. Diameter 9.5 metres, height 0.9 metres.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 147 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visited on 5th June 1976. Round barrow, apparently of earth or turves; slight hollow near the centre. Diameter 9.5 metres, height 0.9 metres.

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

Recorded on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 78, 240, Map 30, Site 16 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Greena Ball 1 cairn at SX56847784 of 8.0 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high. No stones are visible within the mounds nor on the surrounding hillside and the turf is more likely to cover barrows rather than cairns

Department of National Heritage, 1992, Erosion Repair (Correspondence). SDV255369.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for works concerned with the repair of erosion.

Newman, P., 2012, The Archaeological Legacy of the Carbonarii on Dartmoor – Interim Statement and Gazetter of Peat Charcoal Burning Sites, Greena Ball (Report - Interim). SDV356948.

A cluster of seven 'Meilor' platforms located on the north-east slope of Greena Ball. The largest three of the mounds were formerly designated as 'Tumuli' on Ordnance Survey maps.

English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England, 1002547 (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.

One of four barrows east of Greena Ball. Doubt has been cast on then as Prehistoric and they may be old peat stacks.

National Monument Record, 2014, Pastscape, 439590 (Website). SDV355682.

Four Bronze Age barrows were alleged at this location. However, field investigation suggests that the features are more likely to be peat stacks of uncertain date.
Round barrow. One of four east of Greena Ball. Cairn 'a' diameter 8.25 metres, height 0.8 metres.
Site visited on 1st September 1978. The general appearance and situation of these mounds suggests they are peat stacks.
Site visited on 7th march 1979. There is no doubt that these are peat mounds. There is a possibility that the peat has developed over a small mound, but it seems more likely that each is an old peat stack.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6556 - Survey of peat charcoal burning sites around Dartmoor Forest
• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8813 - Archaeological and historical investigation of Peat Cutting on North-Western Dartmoor

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