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Summary

Diameter measures 10.3m. Mound measures 3.8m diameter, 0.6m high. A complex site consisting of a 3.8m diameter central mound, with a 1m wide a 0.2m high rubble bank 0.9m from the foot of the mound on the e side. 2m beyond this is a 0.5m high scarp. On the w side of the mound and 2.5m from it is a slight bank measuring 1m wide and 0.2m high. This is probably a ring cairn with a central mound, although it might be a badly robbed stone hut circle.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018925: A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/348
• Old SAM Ref: 28727

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING 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 149363 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(26/05/1998) A ring cairn on a north-west facing slope overlooking Belstone village. Diameter measures 10.3m. Mound measures 3.8m diameter, 0.6m high. A complex site consisting of a 3.8m diameter central mound, with a 1m wide a 0.2m high rubble bank 0.9m from the foot of the mound on the e side. 2m beyond this is a 0.5m high scarp. On the w side of the mound and 2.5m from it is a slight bank measuring 1m wide and 0.2m high. This is probably a ring cairn with a central mound, although it might be a badly robbed stone hut circle.

Ancient Monuments, 2000, A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone (Schedule Document). SDV229908.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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