See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

'Cairn 18' (Butler) is a large cairn consisting of a mound of loosely packed stones on a base of stone and earth, the circumference of which projects beyond the stones. Stony mound of 22 metres by 19 metres and 1 metre high with an outer rim 1 metre wide by 0.6 metres high. A large hollow in south-east of mound suggesting unrecorded excavation. Two large stone slabs and a large upright stone at east end on the rim may be part of cairn structure.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013209: Cairn on Weatherdon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NE24
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441167
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/220
• Old SAM Ref: 10533

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

One of the 'Tumuli' shown on Weatherdon Hill on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX65NE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV166711.

(24/03/1950) Cairn on Weatherdon Hill of 17.5 metres in diameter by 1.7 metres high, with a large hollow in the centre.

National Monument Record, 1976, SX6558, 3/245-246 (Aerial Photograph). SDV166651.

Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.

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

The most westerly of three cairns on Weatherdon Hill. A disorderly pile of stones, not covered by overgrowth. Several stones of large size, 40 inches by 30 inches, and 40 inches by 15 inches, and of that order, are revealed on the east side of the hollow centre of the cairn, and the cairn has many stones which would appear too heavy for one man to lift. Diameter circa 20 metres, height circa 1.2 metres, altitude circa 340 metres.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 140, No. 13 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(June 1973) A cairn situated on a spur at SX 65055885. It is 20 metres in diameter by 1.6 metres high, with a large central hollow.

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

Medium sized cairn visible on 1976 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 24, 26, 243, Map 53, Figure 53.7 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Wetherdon Hill cairn '18' at SX65055885 of 20 metres diameter by 1.5 metres high. It has a large pit on the northern edge which has revealed an unusual structure for a large cairn. Two large pillars, one of them erect, which are perhaps members of an inner ring of stones.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This cairn has a mound of stones built on a stone and earth base the circumference of which projects beyond the stones. It is 20 metres in diameter and approximately 1.5 metres high, and is one of a series of large examples along the ridge between Butterdon Hill and Weatherdon Hill.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 12, 7.1.7 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

One of fiftu cairns recorded during survey.

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

Visited on 17th January 2021, surveyed and photographed. Large cairn Weatherdon Hill: stony mound, 22 metres north to south, 19 metres east to west, 1 metre high, with outer rim, 1 metre wide, 0.6 metres high; large hollow in south-east of mound, 7 metres by 3 metres and 1.1 metres deep, suggesting unrecorded excavation. Two large stone slabs and a large upright stone at east end on the rim may be part of cairn structure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.