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Summary

This small round cairn, diameter 5.7 to 6.4m, height 0.5m, is built of small boulders and lies on a moderate, well drained south-west facing slope at 365m above OD. It contains a cist, the south side stone, 1.2m long, both end stones, 0.4m long, aligned on a grid bearing of 100o. On the south side of the cairn 3 large stones, 0.8m to 1.0m long and set on edge are the probable remains of a kerb.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012708: Cairn west of Stalldown

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW75
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442391
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/129
• Old SAM Ref: 10508

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Neolithic - 4000 BC (Between) to 2201 BC (Between))
• CIST (Constructed, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW75 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148019.

(10/08/1977) SX 62846231 This small round cairn, diameter 5.7 to 6.4m, height 0.5m, is built of small boulders and lies on a moderate, well drained south-west facing slope at 365m above OD. It contains a cist, the south side stone, 1.2m long, both end stones, 0.4m long, aligned on a grid bearing of 100o. On the south side of the cairn 3 large stones, 0.8m to 1.0m long and set on edge are the probable remains of a kerb.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 136 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Cairn with retaining circle enclosing cist placed east-south-east to west-north-west. Diameter of cairn 3.5 metres, height 0.7 metres. (grinsell).

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, E30 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Platform circle. Ring of kerb stones, 4.2 metres internal diameter, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.35 metres high with central cist.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 61-2, Map 54, Figure 54.21 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Cairn '11' at SX62846231 on the west side of the hill was surrounded by a ring of stones. It has been trenched across the centre to reveal the side and end slab of a cist.

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

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012708 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn is 6 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high, with part of its retaining kerb around the mound and three sides of a robbed cist, 1.2 metres by 0.4 metres, remaining in the mound.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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