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Summary

Southern of two cairns to east of Lake Down of 18.0 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high with the centre removed

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007826: Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NW8
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440528
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/38
• Old SAM Ref: 24059

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58NW8, Cairn B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236376.

(27/07/1950) Centred: SX 544888. There are a number of cairns in area shown (citing Worth, R. H., 07/12/1948).
'B' (SX 54438885) A ring-cairn. Diameter 18.0m approximately, height 0.5m. This was probably a normal cairn originally, the centre having been removed by stone robbers etc. Positions as shown on field sheet.
Located and surveyed on Field Document.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

Cairns (NR) depicted on 1965 map: (SX 54448887 and SX 54428884).

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

(13/09/1975) Ring cairn or plundered cairn, interior mostly grass, exterior mainly heather. Diameter 21m, height (ring) 0.6m. Siting - hillslope.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 67/A33 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Ring cairn, internal diameter 13.5m with bank 2m wide and 0.4m high.1.5m wide entrance on north side.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123745 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(30/04/1993) Ring cairn surviving as a circular bank 4m wide and 0.7m high surrounding an internal area measuring 12m in diameter. Four small hollows in the ring bank suggest partial early excavation or robbing.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 221, 246, Map 43, Site '8' (Monograph). SDV219155.

Corn Ridge W cairn '1' at SX54418884 of 21.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. The ring cairn has a bank of small stones 2.5 metres wide but much spread particularly on the eatern side. A number of vertically set slabs visible within the bank may once have formed an inner and outer facing but the opposing gaps are no doubt modern.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Cairn visible on aerial photograph.

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

Southern of two 'Cairns' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1007826 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a ring cairn situated on a natural terrace on a steep west-facing slope overlooking west Devon. The earthwork survives as a circular bank 4 metres wide and 0.7 metres high surrounding an internal area measuring 12 metres in diameter. Four small hollows in the ring bank suggest partial early excavation or robbing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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