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Summary

Cairn to the south-west of Raddick Hill of 2.3 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. Forms part of cairnfield comprising 17 mounds, two lengths of boundary bank and a lynchet.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007416: Cairn 550m south-west of Raddick Hill summit forming part of a cairnfield

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/331
• Old SAM Ref: 22309

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule notes (Schedule Document). SDV239128.

Cairn mound 2.3m by 2m by 0.3m high. Forms part of cairnfield comprising 17 mounds, two lengths of boundary bank and a lynchet.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123762 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

No detail from Gerrard's 1992 visit survives for this feature but it is included on his plan and numbered.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 55-7, Map 46, Figure 46.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Raddick Hill West cairns '1' to '7' at SX575708 of between 3.0 metres and 7.5 metres diameter and between 0.4 metres and 1.0 metres high. Cairns presumably associated with the enclosures to the north and south. They are rather featureless substantial mounds mostly with central pits though several of the smaller ones appear to be undisturbed.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-111 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 20/12/2019. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-111 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 040° showing grass/moss/whortleberry cover with cropped gorse.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1007416 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes a cairn forming part of a cairnfield on a gentle south-west facing slope of Raddick Hill overlooking the valley of the River Meavy. The cairn mound measures 2.3 metres long, 2 metres wide and stands up to 0.3 metres high. This monument forms part of a wider cairnfield, comprising seventeen mounds, two lengths of boundary bank and a lynchet.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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