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Summary

Cairn situated near two others, south-east of Roundhill Farm. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a Bronze Age cairn 380 metres south-east of Roundhill Farm with a short curvilinear length of bank beside it

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/83
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Prowse, A. B., 1901, The Antiquities of Ockery and Roundhill, Dartmoor, 497 (Article in Serial). SDV233834.

Hut circle on level ground 2.74 meters in diameter. Other details: Figure.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 151 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Probably a ruined cairn, with hollow towards centre. Described by Prowse as a hut circle. Measures 4.5 meters in diameter, and 0.2 meters in height. (Visited on 25/7/1976)

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SW13, SX67SW13 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV266228.

This is not a hut circle but a cairn with a central excavation hollow. It measures 4.6 meters in diameter and 0.3 meters in height, and is constructed of small stones. (Located at sx60987410).

Greeves, T. A. P., 1982, Dunnabridge Farm (Plan - measured). SDV266230.

Survey shows hut circle at approximately SX61017408, with possible prehistoric field system adjacent.

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

Cairn not visible, although a short curvilinear bank was noted.

ADAS, 1988, ADAS Dunnabridge Farm Survey (Duchy of Cornwall) (Report - Survey). SDV266231.

Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England plan included in survey. Other details: 10/3/1988 Plan.

Fletcher, M. J., 1988, Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV214888.

A turf-covered stony mound on level moorland pasture at SX60987410 with rising ground to the north and a river flood plain 100 meters to the south. The immediate area is peat covered. The mound is circular, 4.6 meters in diameter and 0.3 meters high, with a slight hollow in the centre. There is no evidence of a kerb. Although Prowse (1901) described it as a hut circle there is no entrance gap, and if it was a hut it is the sole outlier of the apparently bounded settlement to the east and in an area otherwise confined to ritual monuments. The utilisation of a cairn as a field corner is repeated to the north. On balance Grinsell's (1978) classification seems preferable.
Two short lengths of walling, 0.3 meters high, extend south and westwards from the mound; the former is 23 meters long and the later about 15 meters long. Both may continue beneath the peat and represent the remnants of small field plots. The grid reference quoted by Greeves is incorrect. A short curvilinear bank noted on the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England Aerial Photograph Project is in part one of the walls extending from the mound and partly a water filled depression.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 229, Map 65 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Round Hill S. '1' cairn at SX60997415 of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high with a smooth rounded surface.

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.

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

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

Feature shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8627 - Roundhill Farm Duchy Farms Survey

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