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Summary

Cairn mound is flat-topped, measures 9.7 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.6 metres high. A number of shallow hollows in the surface of the mound, suggest partial early excavation or robbing.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007824: Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NW9
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440531
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/3
• Old SAM County Ref: 606
• Old SAM Ref: 24057

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX58NW9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV234548.

(02/03/1951) The remains of a cairn, SX 54608942, which has been disturbed in the past - now heather covered. Diameter 10.5m, height 0.5m. One or two stones of the retaining circle are still visible but there is no trace of a cist to be seen.
(No doubt, this is one of the cairns known to Worth (personal comment? Worth, R. H., 07/12/1948) but recorder found no others in the locality).
Located and surveyed on Field Document.

Ancient Monuments, 1966, Schedule notes (Schedule Document). SDV234546.

April 1966 One of two cairns and stone circle east of Sourton Tors. Round cairn, 11m diameter, 0.61m high. Situated with another round cairn and a stone circle south-east by east of Sourton Tor. Surface uneven, grass and heather.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 133 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(13/09/1975) Mutilated cairn, diameter 10.0m, height 0.3m.

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342809.

(Visited 22/03/1982) Field Monument Warden visit.

Robinson, R., 1982, SAM Report: Site No. 10625, Site no 10625 (Report - Assessment). SDV234549.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129088 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(30/04/1993) Cairn mound is flat-topped, measures 9.7m in diameter and stands up to 0.6m high. A number of shallow hollows in the surface of the mound, suggest partial early excavation or robbing.
[This cairn is described by Grinsell and is mapped by the Ordnance Survey, but is not the one described in the English Heritage records office Scheduled Ancient Monument report for site No. 10625 (see Robinson)].

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 221, 246, Map 43, Site '10' (Monograph). SDV219155.

Corn Ridge NW cairn '1' at SX54598943 of 11.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. A considerable portion of this cairn has been carted away.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1007824 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

Despite evidence for partial robbing, the round cairn 470 metres south east of Sourton Tors survives comparatively well and contains archaeological and environmental information relating to the monument and the landscape in which it was erected. This cairn is one of a dispersed group of cairns situated along the western slopes of Corn Ridge.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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