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Summary

The southernmost of two cairns 790m north-west of Statts Brook on the crest of a short ridge of unenclosed moorland. It measures 7.9m north to south by 8.6m and stands 0.65m high. An amorphous hollow, 0.15m deep, lies north-east of centre. The steeply sloping sides of the cairn, sheared by peat cuttings, display the stoney interior; this has been interpreted by Butler (1991) as vestiges of a retaining kerb. The cairn lies in an extensive area of surface peat cutting now covered by heather.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019223: Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE197
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 916309
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/346
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/369
• Old SAM Ref: 28743

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(04/11/1992) SX 66278?016. The southernmost of two cairns 790m north-west of Statts Brook on the crest of a short ridge of unenclosed moorland. It measures 7.9m north to south by 8.6m and stands 0.65m high. An amorphous hollow, 0.15m deep, lies north-east of centre. The steeply sloping sides of the cairn, sheared by peat cuttings, display the stoney interior; this has been interpreted by Butler (1991, map 36) as vestiges of a retaining kerb.
The cairn lies in an extensive area of surface peat cutting now covered by heather.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152146 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 10th June 1999. Southern of two round cairns 800 metres north-west of Statts Bridge.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 36, 238, Map 26 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Assycombe Hill S. cairn '1' at SX66258166 of 8.0 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high. Southern of two cairns on the summit of the ridge 400 metres to the south-west of the Assycombe Hill South hut circle settlement. A few slabs of retaining circles are visible around their edges and shallow central depressions tell of some unrecorded investigation. Both have a single stone set at right angles outside the perimeter.

Butler, J., 1997, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities - Vol 5 The Second Millennium B.C., 36, figure 152 (Monograph). SDV320503.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Cairn shown on survey.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Visible on Lidar data.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1019223 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

The monument includes two round cairns aligned north-north-west to south-south-east situated on a gentle south east facing slope overlooking the Walla Brook. The southern cairn stands up to 0.8 metres high and is 8.6 metres in diameter. A 3 metres long, 1.5 metres wide by 0.3 metres deep hollow in the centre of the mound is the result of an early undocumented investigation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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