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Summary

Western Beacon cairn '12' (Butler) of 8 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high to the south-east of Black Pool with a small central hollow

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012232: One of a number of cairns at Black Pool

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NE62
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441236
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/10
• Old SAM Ref: 10545

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Hankin, C. F., 1977-1980, Harford Parish Checklist (Worksheet). SDV149931.

Cairn near Western Beacon elevation 342 metres OD. The cairn is low, overgrown with grass, and is about 68 metres south-east of the waterhole known as Black Pool on the Ugborough-Harford boundary line.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 172 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visited on 22nd July 1976. Oval cairn with east to west axis of 7.0 metres by 5.8 metres, height 0.2 metres.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 34-6, 244, Map 53, Figure 53.13 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Western Beacon cairn '12' at SX65555805 of 7.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high to the south-east of Black Pool is 25 metres east of Cairn '11'.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441236, SX65NE62 (Website). SDV363416.

SX 65545808 An oval cairn with east to west axis sited on a saddle. Diameters 7 metres by 5.8 metres by 0.2 metres high.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

One of fifty round cairns recorded during survey.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012232 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This is one of a number of cairns which lie near the waterhole of Black Pool, located in the valley between Butterdon Hill and Western Beacon. The cairn lies east of the waterhole and is oval in shape. It consists of stone and earth, now turf-covered, and is 7 metres by 5 metres and is 0.3 metres high, with traces of a retaining kerb.

Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.

Site visited on 13th January 2021, surveyed and photographed. Small cairn south-east of Black Pool: 8 metres diameter, 0.6 metres high, small central hollow with mound on the west side. (Located 45 metres south-west of the Scheduled Monument location for this cairn)

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape , Harford amd Ugborough

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