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Summary

Cairn of 4.5 metre diameter by up to 0.5 metres high. The western edge is denoted by a kerb of edge set slabs up to 1.15 metres high. The eastern edge is beneath a later boundary bank. A cist in the centre is a rectangular pit 1.2 metres by 0.5 metres denoted by edge set slabs.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021339: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE24
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443810
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/51
• Old SAM Ref: 34498.02

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, SX68SE23, SX68SE23 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV257054.

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

'Kistvaen (Remains of)' shown on 19th century map.

Worth, R. H., 1902, 21st Report of the Barrow Committee, 109, 111, 121, 122 (Article in Serial). SDV20971.

The pit under the cairn contained charcoal and burnt bone.

Falcon, T. A., 1905, Dartmoor: A Note on Graves, 459 (Article in Serial). SDV255372.

Ordnance Survey, 1906, 99NE (Cartographic). SDV257060.

'Kistvaen (remains of)' marked on OS 6" (1906) map.

Burnard, R., 1906, Early Man, 361, 362 (Article in Monograph). SDV322231.

Worth, R. H., 1938, 57th Report of the Barrow Committee, 59, 60 (Article in Serial). SDV320309.

Cist and retaining circle. South end stone missing. Outer circle five stones standing, one fallen. Plan given. The retaining circle makes this conspicuous in the landscape. Standing clear against the sky with 3 prominent stones. 6 stones still exist. The cist has been disturbed. The cover stone is missing and the south end stone has been moved outwards. Direction of length N 5 degrees W. Other details: Plate IV, V.

Ordnance Survey, 1952, SX68SE24, SX68SE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV257053.

This feature is easily identified with good retaining circle but without capstone.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 146 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Cairn with retaining circle of which 5 or 6 tall slabs protrude on the lower arc. Central cist with capstone missing, placed just E of S/N. Diameter 2.8m.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1982, Various (Plan - measured). SDV320369.

Other details: Scale 1:10560.

Probert, S. A. J., 1989, RCHME Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV234023.

No observations recorded.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 42, 72 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

D16. Ring setting, diameter 3.6 metres, around central cist. Insertion of taller stones in the setting creates a visual focal point.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 168-169, 243, Map 35, Figure 35.12 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Stannon Newtake E. cairn at SX65458108 of 3.9 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high with a cist. The stones of the retaining circle stand out clearly on the hillside. Two of these have been lost opposite the double banked ditch which passes close alongside, but six remain set fairly accurately in a circle. All four sides of the empty cist survive in place at the centre though the cover has disappeared. The single slab 6 metres south-west of the circle may be an outlying part of the structure.

English Heritage, 2004, Schedule Note (Schedule Document). SDV320500.

Cairn survives as a 4.5m diameter mound up to 0.5m high. The western edge is denoted by a kerb of edge set slabs up to 1.15m high. The eastern edge is beneath a later boundary bank. A cist in the centre is a rectangular pit 1.2m x 0.5m denoted by edge set slabs.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Cist' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1021339 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

The monument, which falls into four separate areas of protection, comprises a group of coaxial fields, an associated prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment situated on a west facing slope overlooking the valley of the Stannon Brook. Cairn within the monument standing at SX65468105 survives as a 4.5 metres diameter mound standing up to 0.5 metres high. The western edge of the mound is denoted by a kerb of edge set slabs standing up to 1.15 metres high, whilst on the east it survives as a buried feature beneath a later boundary bank. In the centre of the mound is a cist which survives as a rectangular pit denoted by edge set slabs. The cist is orientated north - south and measures 1.2 metres long, by 0.5 metres wide.

Unknown, unkown, Cairn in Stannon Newtake (Unknown). SDV320313.

Stannon Newtake. South end stone missing. Outer circle. Five stones standing, one fallen.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV6650 - HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2200 BC? to 701 BC)

Associated Events

• EDV8649 - Little Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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