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Summary

Barrow north-east of Yar Tor on Corndon Down; located at the northern end of the stone row. Within area of Dartmeet parallel reave system and later prehistoric fields / enclosures. The north cairn comprises vegetation covered mound of earth, slightly ovoid in shape, 6 metres by 6.3 metres by 1 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE10
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442883
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/162
• Old SAM County Ref: DV529

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1946, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part 1, 308 (Article in Serial). SDV251172.

Worth mentions this tumulus.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1980, SX67SE10 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV346981.

(30/05/1980) On the saddle between Yar Tor and Corndon Tor and between 395m and 369m OD is the remains of a triple stone row. It extends for 350m with a cairn and cist at its upper end and a barrow at the lower end.
At SX 68027414, towards the northern end there is a mound 6.8m by 4.2m in diameter and 0.7m high which seems to be a natural accumulation around outcropping rock.
The barrow at the northern end of the row measures 6.5m in diameter and 0.9m high. It is furze covered with minor mutilations. The row does not appear to extend beyond it.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD and at 1:1250 for AO Records.

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6774/1, 397-400 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282288.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 117 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(Site visited 23/7/1972) Cairn with small hollow centre, diameter 6.0 meters, height 1.0 meter.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE122 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315817.

Survey by Ordnance Survey (approximately 1980) shows site at 1:1250. Copy in parish file. The triple stone row east of Yar Tor appears to be aligned on this barrow.

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

Barrow in enclosure visible on 1977 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 126 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Heather-covered cairn located 98.0 meters to the north of the last stone recorded of the stone row east of Yar Tor. Measures 6.0 meters in diameter by 1.0 meters in height. Other details: Map 14, 11.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

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

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(Visited 14/03/2008) The north cairn comprises vegetation covered mound of earth, slightly ovoid in shape, 6 metres by 6.3 metres by 1 metres high.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

"Tumulus" marked on the modern digital mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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