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Summary

Cairn mound measures 19 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.5 metres high. An irregular shaped hollow in the centre of the mound, measuring 4.0 metres long, 3.0 metres wide and up to 1.3 metres deep, suggests partial early excavation or robbing

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007828: Round cairn 310m SSW of Great Links Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NW18
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440566
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/16
• Old SAM Ref: 24061(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 1380 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58NW18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV238051.

(19/07/1950) Cairn with hollow in centre. Diameter 17.5 metres, height 1.6 metres.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 134 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(Visited 13/9/1975) 18.0 metres in diameter, 1.4 metres high. Siting - hillspur.

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

Visible on 1947 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129198, 29/4/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Cairn mound measures 19 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.5 metres high. An irregular shaped hollow in the centre of the mound, measuring 4.0 metres long, 3.0 metres wide and up to 1.3 metres deep, suggests partial early excavation or robbing.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 221, 246, Map 43, Site '13' (Monograph). SDV219155.

Great Links Tor cairn at SX54908650 of 16.0 metres diameter by 1.4 metres high. The large isolated cairn lying about 250 metres south-west of Great Links Tor with its bare stones conspicuous on the green hillside. A deep central crater contains a mass of displaced stones.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Cairn is clearly visible on the aerial photograph.

Bray, L., 2017, Site Condition Assessment: MDV4653 (Worksheet). SDV361928.

Site visited 23/11/17 and condition assessed as very good, no current damage agents identified.

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

'Cairn' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1007828 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south west facing slope overlooking the valley of the Doetor Brook. The cairn mound measures 19 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.5 metres high. An irregular shaped hollow in the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation or robbing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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