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Summary

A turf-covered mound measuring 8.2 by 7.2 by 0.7 metres high. The mound bears some indications of disturbance. It is uncertain whether it is a barrow or the result of more recent field clearance.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE132
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 912983
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/323
• Old SAM Ref: 28773

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (Constructed, Unknown date)
• BARROW (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 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.

(07/09/1992) SX 67147635. A turf-covered mound on flat unenclosed moorland 10m west of the easternmost extremity of Riddon Farm.
It measures 8.2m north to south by 7.2m and stands to a maximum 0.7m high with uniformly sloping sides. It appears to be of turf construction though some stone is visible in a sheep scrape in the eastern side. The top is slightly indented suggestive of an antiquarian excavation though none is recorded.
It is interesting that this apparently well-defined feature should have been missed until Butler's air survey (Butler 1991 Map 18). It is possible that it is of relatively recent origin perhaps the result of walling activity at Riddon Farm but its form and its situation, within a well-preserved prehistoric landscape (see SX 67 NE 136 and 137), may point to it being a prehistoric feature.
For detailed 1:2500 plan see RCHME Riddon Ridge survey.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152116 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/03/1999) Cairn at the northern end of a reave leading across Riddon Ridge.
Round cairn. Diameter 4.5m, height 0.3m. Central pit 2.4m by 2m by 0.1m deep. May represent a pre-reave building marker. Grass, gorse and heather covered mound.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, Map 18 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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