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Summary

Remains of a cairn, visible as a turf covered stony mound.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021329: Cairn 190m west of Archerton

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34488

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Unknown). SDV265249.

Platform circle. Ring of kerb stones, 5.8m internal diam, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.3m high. Much disturbed.

Untitled Source (Unknown). SDV265252.

SX63497919. Remains of a cairn, visible as a turf covered stony mound. The NE quadrant is robbed out but around the rest of the periphery are parts of a kerb of small boulders, some set on edge, giving a diameter of 6.5m NW-SE. Maximum height 0.6m in the SW quadrant, but elsewhere the interior is badly robbed.

Prowse, A. B., 1891, The Ancient Metropolis of Dartmoor, 314 (Article in Serial). SDV245176.

Ordnance Survey, 1950, SX67NW4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV265246.

Cairn. Turf covered, hollowed in the centre, badly mutilated. Height 0.4m, diameter 7.0m.

RAF, 1951, 540/483/4047-4048 (Aerial Photograph). SDV265258.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 147 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Diameter 6.5m, height 0.3m. Mutilated cairn with retaining circle of which 8 stones remain visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV265250.

Mutilated cairn, 6m. Diameter, 0.4m. High. Five stones which protrude through the turf may be the remains of a peristalith. There is no other cairn in the immediate vicinity.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

SX63507915; a turf covered cairn hollowed and badly mutilated is 0.4m high and 7.0m in diameter. Just visible on 1951 RAF AP.

RCHME, 1989, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV265253.

An upright stone about 1m SW of the centre may be the NW end stone of a cist. It is 0.4m wide NE-SW, 0.1m thick and protrudes 0.1m from the turf, with a slight hollow to the SE.

Sainsbury, I. S., 1989, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV321134.

From the NE southwards around to the SW there appears to be a slight outer platform almost certainly debris from robbing. Prowse's map is accurate and shows this cairn in its correct position.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 74 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Other details: E14.

Ancient Monuments, 2004, Untitled Source (Schedule Document). SDV320270.

Sources / Further Reading

• Article in Serial: Turner, J. R.. 1990. Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 48. Paperback Volume. 74.
• Article in Serial: Prowse, A. B.. 1891. The Ancient Metropolis of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 23. 314.
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey. 1950. SX67NW4.
• Unknown:
• Site Visit: Ordnance Survey. 1978.
• Unknown:
• Site Visit: RCHME. 1989.
• Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. 540/483/4047-4048.
• Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 147.
• Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
• Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 2004.
• Site Visit: Sainsbury, I. S.. 1989. RCHME Field Investigation.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV620 - OSA=SX67NW4
• EDV621 - Unnamed Event
• EDV622 - RCHME Field Investigation
• EDV623 - Unnamed Event
• EDV624 - Unnamed Event

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