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Summary

Western of two cairns which lie near the bottom of a gentle, well-drained west facing slope of 6.6 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high, built of small boulders, now turf covered, and with a central hollow

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012051: Cairn with a cist, one of several on the western edge of Lee Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE6
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439121
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/22
• Old SAM Ref: 10640

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56SE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV139114.

(24/08/1977) Two cairns which lie near the bottom of a gentle, well-drained west facing slope at 350m above OD.
SX 5856 6433: A small round cairn, 6.6m diameter and 0.5m high, built of small boulders, now turf covered, and with a central hollow. Survey at 1:10 000 scale on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 164, Shaugh Prior 34 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(04/09/1974). Two cairns at Willings Walls Warren, both hollowed towards centre. Diameter of first cairn (SX 5854 6433) is 6.5m, height 0.3m, diameter of second cairn (SX 5857 6433) is 5.5m, height 0.3m.

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

This cairn was not recorded in the project.

Ancient Monuments, 1991, Scheduled Monument Notification (Schedule Document). SDV139115.

SX 5856 6433. Cairn, measuring roughly 3 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. The end and side slabs of the cist survive but the coverstone is missing.
SX 5858 6433. Cairn mound, measuring approximately 3 metres in diameter and standing 0.5 metres high. The end and side slabs of the cist are in situ but the coverstone is missing. There are traces of a possible retaining kerb. Scheduled.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 162-3, Map 51, Figure 51.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Upper Spanish Lake Cairn '2' at SX58566433 of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high may have begun as a hut circle.

Griffiths, F. M., 1994, Notes on features on Lee Moor (Personal Comment). SDV139113.

NB: There is a considerable similarity of description between these sites and those of SX56SE/16 (MDV2424: hut circle records). However, both pairs were visited by the same Ordnance Survey investigator on the same day, and given different numbers (Griffiths, F. M.).

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J., 2002, Field Investigator's Comments (Report - Survey). SDV147446.

(23/04/2002) SX 5856 6434 and SX 5858 6434. These features remain as described by the Ordnance Survey in 1977.

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

Cairn shown on surevy

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-HT5 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(16/03/2020) Condition assessed as good; some vegetation encroachment.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Image taken during March 2020 visit.

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

Westrn of two 'Cairns' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012051 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn with a cist lies on a west-facing slope at the western end of Lee Moor, close to another cairn and is one of several on this part of Lee Moor. It is built of a few large stones without much earth or turf cover and is 3 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres in height. It lies in an area with a lot of surface boulders, making it difficult to locate. The cist consists of both end and side slabs rather irregularly positioned and circa 0.8 metres in length and 0.6 metres in width with a depth of 0.3 metres. The coverstone is missing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape

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