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Summary

Cairn north of Giant's Hill of 9.0 metres by 8.8 metres by 0.7 metres high. The flat top of the mound possesses three small, amorphous holes, the results of unrecorded excavations. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a cist or kerb.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013177: Cairn north of Giant's Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE93
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438764
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/52
• Old SAM County Ref: 500
• Old SAM Ref: 10678

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 4128-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE93 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148963.

(17/05/1950) Cairn, diameter 9m, height 0.8m.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56NE93 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148962.

(27/06/1977) SX 5962 6687. A cairn situated on a west facing slope at 325m OD. It consists of a heather-covered mound of stones, 9.0m in diameter and 0.7m high, with a very small depression in the centre. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 163 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(19/09/1975) Cairn with hollow towards centre. Diameter 9.0m, height 0.6m.

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 344 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

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

Cairn recorded from Royal Air Force and National Monuments Record aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 130, Map 49, Figure 49.14 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Giant's Hill cairn '1' at SX59626686 of 9.2 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high to the west of the 'leat' has a pitted surface but is not badly damaged.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Cairn described by Robertson.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(04/03/2002) SX 5963 6687. A turf-covered stony cairn measuring 9.0m north-south by 8.8m remaining 0.7m high. The flat top of the mound possesses three small, amorphous holes, the results of unrecorded excavations. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a cist or kerb.

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 the aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1013177 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This cairn lies on a north-west facing slope above the River Plym, north of Giant's Hill. It consists of a mound 9 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres in height, built of earth and a high proportion of stone. It has a hollow in the centre and is covered with heather. It lies within 100 metres of several enclosures with hut circles on Giant's Hill.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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