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Summary

A small cairn measuring 3.6m in diameter and 0.5m high. There is no evidence of disturbance; a few boulders and small slabs lie around the perimeter. Its position adjacent to the nearby extensive settlement suggests that it is probably a stone clearance mound rather than a burial cairn. A 2017 visit recorded the condition as fair and the site stable.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021052: Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE244
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1262050
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/650
• Old SAM Ref: 34464
• Old SAM Ref: 34464

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) ROUND CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157142 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(28/3/2002) Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m east-north-east of Gutter Tor. Diameter 4m, height 0.6m. Stones protruding around the western and southern edges suggest the presence of a kerb. Bracken, moss and grass.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Whittenknowles Rocks cairn at SX58706715 of 3.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high is a small undamaged cairn about 75 metres to the north-east of the prehistoric setlement.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(11/11/1999) SX58706716. A compact cairn now bracken-covered is located on a slight slope adjacent to the Whittenknowles Settlement. It measures 3.6m in diameter and 0.5m high. There is no evidence of disturbance; a few boulders and small slabs lie around the perimeter. Its position adjacent to the nearby extensive settlement suggests that it is probably a stone clearance mound rather than a sepulchral cairn.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(10/03/2005) This feature remains as described and interpreted in 1999.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

(01/12/2017) A small ruinous cairn to the north-east of Whiteknowles settlement. Condition is fair, site stable.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1021052 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Plym. The cairn survives as a 4 metres diameter mound standing up to 0.6 metres high. Stones protruding around the western and southern edges of the mound may represent a kerb which survives elsewhere as a buried feature.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape

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