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Summary

Site of a cairn shown on historic maps by the road at Combestone Tor which was destroyed for road material

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020487: Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE57
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443022
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/136
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/60
• Old SAM Ref: 22368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Tumulus' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Tumulus' still present on early 20th century map.

Burnard, R., 1905, Twenty-fourth report of the scientific memoranda committee, 95 (Article in Serial). SDV337252.

Tumulus shown on 1906 map. "A pillaged cairn south of the high road, and about 100 feet distant from it opposite Combestone".

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67SE57 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140930.

(27/04/1950) Tumulus recorded. SX 6698 7?075. No trace of this antiquity could be found in 1950; unconfirmed site.
[NB: the NGR for this feature appears to have been recorded inaccurately; the grid reference FOR SX67SE57 should be SX 6697 7174. Richards, A. F., 04/03/2022].

National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6771, 3/405-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV141238.

Photograph taken on 18th May 1977).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE57 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV153369.

(11/07/1977) There is no definite trace of a tumulus or cairn at this position but the area has been extensively disturbed by shallow diggings, which are surrounded by low banks, possibly for road maintenance.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 141 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visited on 12th September 1976. Possible site of cairn, destroyed for road material. Diameter 16 metres, height 0.3 metres.

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

Quarry visible in this area on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 194, Map 60, Figure 60.15 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Holne Ridge N. '1' at SX67007175 was a fine cairn until 1878 when Crossing witnessed it 'gradually disappear under the hammer of the stone breaker'. Its remains are a disorganised rim of stone and earth which lie close to one of the parallel reaves about 25 metres from the road opposite the car park.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020487 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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