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Summary

The cairn has been severely mutilated. It appears to have had a level base and a diameter of circa 11m. It now has a height of 0.7m on its SW side. The north and west sides give the appearance of foundations of a late building, although this may be fortuitous.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012442: One of two cairns north-east of Harford Moor Gate

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NW32
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/48
• Old SAM County Ref: 10554
• Pastscape: 441303

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 141, Harford 26 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(Visited 1976) SX 64545971 Cairn with hollow at centre and traces of a retaining circle sited on a hill slope. Diameter 7m, height 0.3m.

Hankin, C. F., 1980, An Archaeological Check-List for Harford (Un-published). SDV361875.

Cairn 1 - a dilapidated mound of uneven height. Turf and stones with traces of an enclosing circle, one stone of which, on the south side, stands to a height of 0.56 metres diameter 12 to 13.5 metres, height 0.30 metres.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1982, SX65NW32 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV166075.

(27/10/1982) The cairn lies at about 286m OD and has been severely mutilated. It appears to have had a level base and a diameter of circa 11m. It now has a height of 0.7m on its SW side. The north and west sides give the appearance of foundations of a late building, although this may be fortuitous.
Around the cairn are 4 large slabs, one of which is set in the ground to a height of 0.6m (see plan). The area is fairly stone free and these stones are probably part of a former surrounding stone circle. (See GP). Surveyed at 1:2500.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photograph.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 77, F3 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Encircled cairn consisting of a ring of orthostats 14 metres in diameter around cairn 10 metres diameter and 0.5 metres high. Only five stones of ring remain on south, north and east sides.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 30-32, Map 53, Figure 53.9 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Cairn '8' at SX64505969 of circa 15 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high is much damaged with a very uneven surface. It was surrounded by a retaining circle of large slabs four of which remain visible, one erect, one leaning and two fallen. Others probably now lie buried.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

A roughly circular feature is shown on the modern mapping at SX 64496 59675 that may represent this feature.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012442 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn, one of two north-west of Harford Moor Gate, is 13 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres in height, it is turf-covered and has a retaining kerb.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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