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Summary

A cairn, measuring 5.0 metres north-east to south-west and 5.7 metres north-west to south-east. The cairn has been levelled up by a base of small stones on the lower side upon which large stones, some 0.3 metres by 0.4 metres in section and 1 metre long, have been placed to form roughly concentric rings; the stones are not, however, contiguous. The total height is 0.8 metres. An arrangement of stones at the centre may represent a ruined north-west to south-east cist. The edges of four slabs protrude 0.5 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019574: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE14
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440062
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/109
• Old SAM Ref: 28775

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1948, 67th Report on Barrows, 37 (Article in Serial). SDV277749.

SX 5636 7445: A small cairn, 500 feet north west of the north west angle of Yellowmead enclosure.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV251148.

(18/08/1950) Cairn (diameter 6 metres, height 0.8 metres) composed of large rocks and stones with very large boulders on west. Centre appears to have been disturbed, leaving traces of cist.
[Cites Worth, R. H., 10/12/1948].

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 172 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visited on 23rd May 1976. Small cairn of relatively large stones; probably central cist placed south-east to north-west. Capstone missing. Diameter 6.0 metres, height 0.7 metres.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV269525.

(23/01/1980) At SX 5634 7445: A cairn, measuring 5.0 metres north-east to south-west and 5.7 metres north-west to south-east, is situated on a south-west slope beside a large outcropping boulder. The cairn has been levelled up by a base of small stones on the lower side upon which large stones, some 0.3 metres by 0.4 metres in section and 1 metre long, have been placed to form roughly concentric rings; the stones are not, however, contiguous. The total height is 0.8 metres. An arrangement of stones at the centre may represent a ruined north-west to south-east cist. The edges of four slabs protrude 0.5 metres high. The box so formed measures 0.6 metres by 1.3 metres.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500, for which see SX 57 SE 15.

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

Not visible on aerial photogrphs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152363 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/06/1999) At SX56347446 a cairn on south-west edge of a prehistoric settlement 350 metres north-west of Yellowmeade Farm.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44, Figures 44.1 & 44.1.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Yellowmeade Cairn '1' at SX56347445 of circa 6.0 metres diameter by 0.8 metres high with a cist. The cisted cairn of comparatively large blocks has been built on a slight knoll below the pound. In obtaining access to the cist the robbers overturned part of the ring of slabs closely surrounding it, displacing many of them downhill, and only a single side and end slab remain visibly in place

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

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

The monument includes a stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a post-medieval route marker stone situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The cairn on the south western edge of the settlement measures 5.5 metres in diameter and stands up to 1 metre high. The mound is composed of large rocks and two edge set stones in its centre represent the remains of a disturbed cist.

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