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HER Number:MDV52472
Name:Ring cairn within cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets

Summary

Possible ring cairn of 9.5 metres diameter lies on the crest of Homerton Hill. The enclosing bank on the south side is 2.4 metres wide by 0.4 metres high. This feature has been incorporated into a later field system, also associated with a hut circle and several clusters of clearance cairns some of which have been Scheduled.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 561 904
Map Sheet:SX59SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishOkehampton Hamlets
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOKEHAMPTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 967741
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: SX59SE48
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/58/1
  • Old SAM Ref: 24149

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133346 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(31/01/1994) SX 5622 9037 Ring cairn within an enclosure, forming part of a cairnfield. Ring cairn has seen considerable damage to its north-west side and now survives as a 2m wide and 0.4m high C-shaped bank which would have originally enclosed an area 7m in diameter. A 1m wide and 0.3m high lynchet leads from the ring cairn to the largest of the nearby circular mounds.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 221-222, 246, Map 43, Site'15' (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of at least 20 round and oval cairns within Homerton Hill cairne cemetery.

English Heritage, 1994, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV230529.

(20/09/1994) SX56249037 Two circular cairns, an oval cairn and a ring cairn were recorded lying within an enclosure, forming part of a cairnfield situated on a gentle north west facing slope of Homerton Hill overlooking the valley of the west Okement River. The cairns are of Bronze Age date.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(28/01/2004) SX ?96159046. The site of a possible ring cairn lies on the creast of Homerton Hill 550m east of the ford at Vellake Corner. The feature survives as an intermittent stony ring 9.5m in external diameter with a gently sloping interior. The enclosing bank is best preserved on the south side where it measures 2.4m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high.
This feature has been incorporated into a later field system (1393507), also associated with a hut circle and several clusters of clearance cairns some of which have been Scheduled by English Heritage (1994).

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 221-222, 246, Map 43, Site'15'.
SDV230529Schedule Document: English Heritage. 1994. Schedule note. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 133346.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142591 ]
SDV350801Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

MDV52475Related to: Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV5578Related to: Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV52474Related to: Cairn within cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV12886Related to: Cairnfield and associated Bronze Age features on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV52470Related to: Cairns within cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV52471Related to: Enclosure within the cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV52473Related to: Group of seven cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)
MDV52469Related to: Length of bank within cairnfield on Homerton Hill, Okehampton Hamlets (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
  • EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
  • EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

Date Last Edited:Jul 1 2024 2:44PM