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Summary

A possible robbed and disturbed cairn sited on the lower eastern slope of the Redwater valley, north of a hut settlement. The stony turf-covered mound which is elliptical has a maximum diameter of 9m and stands to 0.5m high. The centre of the mound has been disturbed and possibly robbed.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021340: Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE333
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1344286
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 34499

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

The mound is depicted by Butler but described as a hut circle.

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(10/07/2001) A possible robbed and disturbed cairn sited on the edge of a tinners' gully on the lower eastern slope of the Redwater valley, north of a hut settlement (SX 68 SE 27). The stony turf-covered mound which is elliptical has a maximum diameter of 9m and stands to 0.5m high. The centre of the mound has been disturbed and possibly robbed.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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