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Summary

The southernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill. Ovoid cairn of 3.8 metres long, 3 metres wide, 0.2 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007542: The southernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/53/4
• Old SAM Ref: 20365

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 106-108, 242, Map 32, Figure 32.6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Cairn within White Hill W. cairn cemetery with cairns of between 2.0 metres and 6.0 metres diameter by between 0.1 and 0.4 metres high.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1007542 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes a cairn situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking Lydford village. The cairn mound is ovoid in shape, is orientated east to west and measures 3.8 metres long, 3 metres wide and stands up to 0.2 metres high. This cairn forms part of a cairnfield, including twenty-six mounds and a lynchet.

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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