See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

South-eastern of a pair of cairns on Parnell's Hill to east of Gripper's Hill. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of two Bronze Age cairns and a ring cairn 950 metres west of Skerraton Gate

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE11
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/96
• Pastscape: 441770
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, CPE/UK 1890, 4268-4269 (Aerial Photograph). SDV140289.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 3112-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 138 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visit 16th April 1977. Dean Prior 10. Cairn at SX69186494 18.0 metres in diameter, 0.6 metres high. Robbed and crowned with a modern stone heap.

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

Large cairn visible on Royal Air Force 1946 aerial photograph.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 38, 70 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

B12. Embanked stone circle; annular bank of earth and/or stones with inner kerb of orthostats. Measures 15.0 metres in diameter internally with bank 2.0 metres wide and 0.5 meters high with a cairn in the centre, 9.0 metres in diameter and 1.1 metres in height. The west and south sides have been disturbed.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 160-161, Map 57 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Parnell's Hill '2' at SX69146500. Cairn of 24 metres diameter is one of two badly damaged cairns. Both have an outer bank surrounding a slightly raised interior with a mound in the centre.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Cairn shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441770, SX66SE11 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 9th July 1951. Cairn 'B' at SX 69156497. The remains of a large cairn now much despoiled, the remaining stones being partly overgrown. There is no trace of a cist. Diameter 21.0 metres, height at highest point 1.5
metres.
Field Investigation on 23rd October 1980. There are two certain cairns occupying a crest position at 370 metrees OD on a southern spur of Grippers Hill, both partly grass covered.
Cairn 'B'at SX 69146500. A cairn measuring 22.0 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high including a complete rim 0.6 metres high and 2.2 metres wide. A modern cairn has been built slightly off centre, where there is much mutilation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.