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Summary

Cairn '6' (Butler) north-west of Shavercombe Tor, previously described as a hut circle, is terraced into the hillslope of 6.1 metres by 6.4 metres and 0.6 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE298
• National Monuments Record: SX56NE97
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1356297
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/603
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/608
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438776

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140474, 140482, 03/05/1995, 10/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Gerrard describes this feature as a hut circle. Survives as a bank of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area and forms part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement. Terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and earthwork walling type.
Interior is 6.5m in diameter and the surrounding 1m wide wall stands up to 0.7m high. Butler considers this structure to be a cairn, although the field evidence does suggest that it is more likely to be a stone hut circle.
Also recorded nearby (SX 5927 6621) is a round cairn measuring 3.6m diameter; up to 0.5m high. Forms part of a round cairn cemetery which includes at least five cairns scattered amongst hut circles.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 123-4; Map 49, figure 49.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Shavercombe Tor '6' cairn at SX59236619 of 5.3 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is one of two cairns sited to the north of the later field boundary.

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

(15/01/2002) Centred SX 5929 6616. A cluster of five prehistoric cairns on the gently sloping northern flank of Shavercombe Tor.
SX 5923 6620. A flat-topped cairn measuring 6.1m north-south by 6.4m and 0.6m high. None of the cairns display any evidence of cists or kerbs.
Several of these features have previously been recorded as hut circles (see SX 56 NE 97) or included with record SX 56 NE 98.

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 aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-37 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(24/03/2020) Condition of feature assessed as good. Description from HER are accurate. Cairn / hut circle has a concentrated dense patch of reeds in centre of circle with scattered patches around site.

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

Photographed during March 2020 visit.

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

Hut circle shown on modern maapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes extensive prehistoric and historic archaeological monuments situated within Hentor Warren, which lies between the Shavercombe and Hentor Brooks. The prehistoric archaeology includes three partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements, ten round cairns, one ring cairn, four cists, part of the Willings Walls Reave and a cairnfield.

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

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