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Summary

Previously identified as a barrow by Worth, this is now identified as part of the reave.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE48
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443622
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/43/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 144
• Old SAM Ref: 28663

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Wilkinson, J. G., 1860, The Rock-Basins of Dartmoor, and Some British Remains in England, plate 6 (Article in Serial). SDV273188.

Wilkinson appears to have noted these stones, they are marked on his plan, but not as a feature, they appear to form part of a "boundary line", which would seem to be the reave mentioned above.

Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor (Monograph). SDV231148.

Worth mentions a small barrow approximately 20 metres south from the centre of 'Fourfold' cairn (MDV6158) on the alignment of a double stone row (MDV14875). On his plan it is described as a 'cairn'.

Worth, R. H., 1967, Worth's Dartmoor, 220 (Monograph). SDV337618.

Pettit, P., 1974, Prehistoric Dartmoor, 152 (Monograph). SDV231149.

Feature described by Pettit as "a small devastated cairn".

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE48 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV274198.

SX65958599 Possible cairn recorded by Worth (1953), and later by Pettit (1974, 152).
16/7/1974 There is nothing on the ground which can be identified as a cairn though there has been no disturbance of the area in recent years.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1976, Report of Field Visit to the Shovel Down stone rows (13/08/1976), 13/8/1976 (Report - non-specific). SDV362905.

The position given by Worth is readily identifiable, but there is nothing visible which could be reasonably interpreted as a cairn. There is however, some indication of a reave at this point (SX68NE/112).

Greeves, T. A. P., 1976, Site visit notes and plan of the Shovel Down stone rows (Site Visit). SDV274180.

(13/08/1976) The position given by Worth is readily identifiable, but there is nothing visible which could be reasonably interpreted as a cairn. There is however, some indication of a reave at this point (SX68NE/112).

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 179 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

'Cairn' south of Fourfold circle, now known to be part of reave.

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

(16/08/1991) SX 65958599 Possible site of cairn. There is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the feature described by Worth (1967). The grid reference correlates with a point on the terminal reave of the Castor parallel system which traverses this area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6198 - Geophysical Survey on Shovel Down and Kes Tor
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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