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Summary

Cairn within cairnfield on Homerton Hill. The cairn is ovoid in shape and measures 5.9 metres long, 3.9 metres wide and stands up to 0.5 metres high. It forms part of a group of mounds which most likely represents stone clearance connected with cultivation of the area.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010779: Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 221-222, 246, Map 43, Site '15' (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of at least 20 round and oval cairns within Homerton Hill cairn cemetery.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1010779 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a cairn forming an outlying part of a cairnfield situated on a gentle north west facing slope of Homerton Hill overlooking the valley of the West Okement River. Other cairns, an enclosure and bank lie in the immediate vicinity and these are covered by separate schedulings. The cairn is ovoid in shape and measures 5.9 metres long, 3.9 metres wide and stands up to 0.5 metres high. This cairn may contain burials, but the mound does form part of a group which most likely represents stone clearance connected with cultivation of the area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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