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Summary

Western of a pair of cairns on the summit of Gripper’s Hill. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a pair of bronze age cairns on Gripper's Hill, Dean Moor

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset: Y
• National Monuments Record: SX66NE14
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441390
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/45

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, 1950/1977, SX66NE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146080.

(04/05/1950) One of two cairns; a turf-covered ring cairn with a very slight mound in centre measuring 17.6 meters in diameter, height 0.3 meters.
(01/07/1977) Two cairns on the broad summit of Gripper's Hill at 335 m above OD. Cairn 'B' at SX 68596551. This cairn, 16.8 metres overall diameter and 0.4 metres high, is constructed of small boulders and consists of a central platform 13.6 metres diameter and 0.2 metres high with a perimeter rim, average width 1.9 metres, height 0.4 metres. The rim has an east facing gap, 1.5 metres wide. There is a slight central rise, about 0.1 metres above the surrounding platform. 1:10 000 Survey revised on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 138 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Visited 11/10/1975. A ring cairn with bank, diameter 18.0 meters, height 0.3 meters.

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 380 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

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

Recorded during the Aerial Photograph Project.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 66 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

A9. Ring cairn on Gripper’s Hill; stone ring 14.0 metres in diameter internally, with bank 1.2 meters wide and 0.3 meters high.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 160-161, Map 57 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Gripper's Hill summit cairn '2' at SX68586550. The western cairn on the summit of Gripper's Hill of 19 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high is possibly a ring cairn. A well defined outer bank surrounds a slightly raised interior, obviously dug into around the low mound at the centre.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Cairn shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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