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Summary

The remains of a Bronze Age cairn measuring 10 metres in diameter and 0.9 metres high. It has a central hollow.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010788: Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW43
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443775
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/121
• Old SAM Ref: 24138

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Prowse, A. B., 1890, Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, 89-90 (Article in Serial). SDV239781.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 170 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(July 1976) SX 63288994 Cairn, with a hollow at the centre, crowned by a modern stoneheap. Diameter 10m height 0.9m.

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

Not recorded by RCHME APP (1985).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133289 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 207-208, 244, Map 40, Site 11 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Little Hound Tor cairn at SX63288993 of 8.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high. A possible cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor, which is really only a slight rise of the southward extension of Cosdon Hill. The low mound crowned by a modern stone heap is at best only partly the work of man as a large natural block is exposed on one side.

Ancient Monuments, 1994, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV224964.

(16/11/1994) Round cairn on summit of Little Hound Tor. Diameter 10m, 0.9m high. Trench cut through the centre suggests partial early excavation. A large earthfast granite slab forms the w side of the mound. A modern pile of stones, 2m diameter, 0.7m high sits atop the cairn.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1010788 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes a round cairn situated on the summit of Little Hound Tor. This cairn forms part of a discrete cluster of monuments including at least four cairns, a stone circle and a standing stone. The cairn mound measures 10 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.9 metres high. A trench cut through the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation or robbing. A large earthfast granite slab forms the western side of the mound. A modern pile of stones measuring 2 metres in diameter and standing up to 0.7 metres high sits on top of the cairn.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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