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Summary

The northern, and largest in a group of (possibly) three round cairns. Diameter 7.5m, height 0.7m. A few retaining stones visible around perimeter. Slight central hollow, 2.4m by 1.2m by 0.15m deep. Surveyed in 2007; rather ragged and covered by mature gorse vegetation.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011169: Three round cairns 610m south west of Black Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE77
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440249
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/100
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/100/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22287

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX57SE77 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277045.

(20/06/1977) Two small cairns are situated on a south-facing slope about 50.0m south-west of the south-west end of the stone row (SX 57 SE 35).
The north cairn (SX 5696 7129), is 5.5m in diameter and 0.6m high, turf-covered, with a hollow in the centre. Around the perimeter a number of kerb stones are visible. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

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

Not visible on Royal Air Force 1946 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130746, 1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5696 7131) The northern, and largest, of three round cairns. Diameter 7.5m, height 0.7m. A few retaining stones visible around perimeter. Slight central hollow, 2.4m by 1.2m by 0.15m deep.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 48, Map 45 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Black Tor cairn '4' at SX56957130 of 6.0 metres diameter by 0.8 metres high is trenched across the north edge and centre. Western of two cairns 5 metres apart in an undamaged condition.

Gerrard, S., 1997, Stanlake Prehistoric Settlement, 1818 (Article in Serial). SDV345536.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Possible cairn visible on the lidar data.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007, Royal Commission survey (Report - Survey). SDV363347.

(30/05/2007) Two cairns were identified. They are rather ragged and are all now covered by mature gorse vegetation. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-93 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 23/11/2019. Overall condition moderate. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-93 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 280° showing grass/moss cover with outcrops of bracken and gorse.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7518 - Survey of the Stanlake Prehistoric Settlement
• EDV8195 - Field Investigation Survey of the Stanlake settlement
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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