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Summary

Remains of a badly damaged cairn of up to 10 metres across by 0.3 metres high at the north end of the stone row to the south-east of White Ridge. It is composed of stone and soil but no kerb slabs are visible

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019265: Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE22
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443808
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/67
• Old SAM County Ref: 847
• Old SAM Ref: 28760

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

'Cairn (Remains of)' shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1952, SX68SE22 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV258160.

(10/06/1952) The cairn is in bad condition there being little evidence of its existance.

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

(10/7/1976) Site at White Ridge, now barely visible, of cairn from which a double stone row descends south: probably removed when area put to grass. Dimensions - very slight.

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342809.

(07/03/1982 & 20/10/1982) DOE Field Monument Warden visits.

Robinson, R., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1983 (Un-published). SDV345762.

(19/01/1983 & 11/7/1983) DOE Field Monument Warden visits.

Greeves, T. + Robinson, R., 1983, Survey of the stone row, Copy in SMR (Plan - measured). SDV162837.

(19/07/1983) 1:200 scale survey made of whole stone row.

Robinson, R. + Cosford, J., 1986, Dartmoor multiple stone circles, 166-170, map, diagram (Article in Serial). SDV165686.

The cairn lies in Great Stannon newtake at the head of a double stone row running north-south, on a gentle south slope. It is about 8m in diameter, irregular and much disturbed, and very low. Enough set stones are visible to suggest several concentric circles beyond its margin, though most of these are very low ie 0.1m or less.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(08/10/1990) Centred SX 65408156. A robbed and damaged double stone row with the remains of a mutilated cairn at its N end are situated on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking a broad shallow valley at 445m O.D. The hillslope, under close-cropped moorland pasture, is covered by a deep layer of peat; very little surface stone is visible in the area.
SX 65418165. The cairn has been so badly disturbed probably by excavation and stone robbing, that its precise size and form are now indeterminate. It measures from 8m to a maximum 10m across and up to 0.3m high. It is composed of stone and soil but no kerb slabs are visible. There is no visible evidence of the stones noted by Robinson and Cosford (1986).
It has a shallow amorphous depression in the centre and a narrow trench-like disturbance around both the N & W fringes. A small irregular mound on the south may be a spoil heap.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152209 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(29/04/1997) At SX 65408165. Cairn at northern end of a stone alignment 470m east of Stannon Brook Source.
Round cairn. Diameter 7.8m, height 0.35m. Survives as a 0.2m high platform surrounded by a rubble ridge which is most pronounced on the south-west side. Grass and rushes. A small mound lying south of the cairn and measuring 3m by 2m by 0.3m high may be spoil from a partial excavation.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 166-168, 243, Map 35, Figure 35.11 (Monograph). SDV219155.

White Ridge Stone Row cairn ar SX65418165 of circa 8.0 metres diameter. The stones have been almost entirely removed from the cairn at the north end of the stone row. All that remains is a slight mound about 8 metres across with a flat surface except for a rim of rubble around the western edge.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Visible on aerial photograph

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

'Cairn (Remains of)' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1019265 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

The monument includes a stone alignment and cairn situated on a gentle south facing slope overlooking the valley of the Stannon Brook. The cairn denotes the northern end of the alignment, measures 7.8 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.35 metres high. The edge of the mound is denoted by a rubble ridge which is most pronounced on the south western side.

Ancient Monuments, Undated, AM7 form (Schedule Document). SDV258149.

Cairn in bad condition; there is little evidence of its existence. The stone row SX68SE/70 runs from this cairn to the stone hedge.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8650 - Great Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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