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Summary

Cairn 16 metres diameter by 0.3 metre high within cairn cemetery south-west of White Hill which has been damaged by a slit trench dug into its west side

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008755: Round cairn 230m south-west of White Hill summit forming part of White Hill round cairn cemetery
• SHINE: Linear Bronze Age cairn cemetery on the south-west slopes of White Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440675
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/23
• Old SAM Ref: 20346(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SW5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• 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.

'Tumulus' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4290 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX58SW5, SX58SW5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV214643.

(24/10/1950) Remains of tumulus, White Hill. Very much despoiled and now covered with heather. The greater part of the mound has been removed but the former extent is still traceable. The diameter is 16.0m. Height 0.5m. Towards the centre of the remains. The condition is poor.
(13/08/1979) The barrow has been completely levelled and its site is now heather covered.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

(SX 53218370) Tumulus (NR) (1965 edition).

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 159 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

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

Recorded.

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

(1992) Diameter 16m, height 0.4m.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 106-8, 242, Map 32, Figure 32.6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

White Hill cairn '8' at SX53218370 of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high with a centrel shallow depression.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(29/07/1998) The remains of a cairn lie on a slight shelf on the SW facing slope below the hill crest at SX53208370, 384m above OD. A disturbed turf-covered patch of ground approximately 18.0m by 16.0m and no more than 0.3m high marks the surviving elements of this cairn which has been damaged by a slit trench dug into its west side.
A large slit trench and upcast bank lies to the south of the cairn.
The cairn is composed of sandstone, shales and soil and is covered by heather moorland.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(09/01/2001) The ill-defined vestiges of this cairn lie under close-cropped moorland turf. A well used track skirts the eastern side.

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

Cairn shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

'Tumulus' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1008755 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes a round cairn situated on a west-facing slope overlooking Willsworthy Army Camp. The cairn mound measures 16 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.4 metres high. This cairn has been partly damaged but archaeological levels will survive.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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