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Summary

Cairn measures 9.5 metres in diameter, height 1 metre. Cist 3 metres by 3 meters by 0.1 metre deep. Grass, heather and gorse covered mound with stones protruding through the turf on the northern side of the mound.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Section of Bronze Age Taw Marsh Reave south of Ivytor Mine, running north-south and a prehistoric cairn
• Scheduled Monument 1020243: Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 444204
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX69SW39
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/88/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34438.03(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 156889 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/02/1998) SX 63049266 Round cairn 1410 metres south-east of Belstone. Cairn measures 9.5 metres in diameter, height 1 metre. Cist 3 metres by 3 meters by 0.1 metre deep. Grass, heather and gorse covered mound with stones protruding through the turf on the northern side of the mound.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 206-207, 244, Map 40, Site 10 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Cosdon Hill N. W. Cairn '10' at SX63059265 of circa 7.5 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high overlooks a small cairnfield to the west. The cairn is located to the west of a length of reave to the east of a 'leat' and to the north-west of Cosdon Hill.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1020243 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

SX 63059266. Cairn on Cosdon Hill. The cairn mound measures 9.5 metres in diameter and stands up to 1 metre high. A shallow hollow in the centre of the mound represents partial robbing or early exavation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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