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Summary

A small cairn on the ridge crest between Spanish Lake and Hen Tor Brook. Apparently undisturbed, it measures 4.0 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a cist or retaining kerb though some stones do protrude through the turf covering of the mound.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019083: Medieval farmstead and field system, length of Willings Walls Reave, four round cairns, a ring cairn and pillow mounds at Willings Walls Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE218
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1358048
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/428
• Old SAM Ref: 24231

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140755140755 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(15/04/1995 ) SX 5815 6496 round cairn. Possibly of historic date though appearance and proximity to Bronze Age features suggest a prehistoric date. Diameter 4.3m, 0.6m high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 164, Map 51 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Spanish Lake East Cairn at SX58156496 of 3.2 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high 40 metres to the north-west of the small settlement at 'Willings Walls South'.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(21/03/2002) SX 5814 6497. A small cairn on the ridge crest between Spanish Lake and Hen Tor Brook. Apparently undisturbed, it measures 4.0m in diameter and 0.3m high. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a cist or retaining kerb though some stones do protrude through the turf covering of the mound.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

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

(11/03/2020) Conditioned assessed as moderate; substantial vegetation encroachment is affecting this feature.

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

Image taken during March 2020 visit.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019083 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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