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Summary

Large cairn on the summit of a hill 230 metres south-west of Spurrell's Cross, it is 17 metres in diameter and about 1 metre high, consisting of a base built of stone and earth surmounted by a mound of stones. Two buildings occupy the centre of the cairn

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012287: Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NE18
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441151
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/16
• Old SAM Ref: 10539

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• BUILDING (Constructed, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Tumulus' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX65NE18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV176025.

(27/3/1950) Cairn, ruined. Diameter 17 metres, height 0.8 metres.

Gaskell-Brown, C. + Hankin, C., 1975, Archaeological Check-List of Ugborough Parish, 315 (Article in Serial). SDV160589.

SX 658597. Cairn on Ugborough Moor (DCRA. Reg. SX 65 NE/ 16).

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

SX6581 5974. (23/6/1973) South-west of Spurrells Cross. Ruined cairn, measuring 17.0 metres by 0.8 metres high.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1743, 080 (Aerial Photograph). SDV161746.

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

Medium sized cairn visible on 1980 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 29, Map 53, Figure 53.10 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Butterdon Hill N. cairn '1' at SX65815974 of 16.0 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high. Summit cairn has been badly damaged; numerous small pits in the top appear to have left little undisturbed.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.

This large cairn stands on the summit of a hill 230 metres south-west of Spurrell's Cross, it is 17 metres in diameter and about 1 metre high, consisting of a base built of stone and earth surmounted by a mound of stones. The stones on the mound have been moved by visitors in order to form shelters.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UG5 (Photograph). SDV363073.

(21/12/2018) Site photographed during condition survey visit.

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

One of fifty cairns recorded during survey.

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

Visited on 29th January 2021,surveyed and photographed. Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross: stony mound, 16 metres north to south, 9 metres east to west, 0.5 metres high, modified by remains of two buildings. Western building is 7 metres north to south, 4 metres east to west; eastern building is 6 metres east to west, 4 metres north to south. Buildings defined by tumbled stony banks, 0.8 metres wide and 0.9 metres high and are probably associated with seasonal grazing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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