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Summary

Ring cairn surviving as 22.5 metres diameter mound with banks of 3 metres wide by 0.6 metres high forming part of a cemetery on Cosdon Hill including at least two round cairns, two ring cairns and one platform cairn.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010793: Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW15?
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 444166
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/21
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/21/1
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/53
• Old SAM County Ref: 785D
• Old SAM Ref: 24142(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 24144
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX69SW15

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Wilkinson, J. G., 1862, On British Remains on Dartmoor, 41, 43 (Article in Serial). SDV277122.

Wilkinson notes the occurrence of several cairns on Cosden Down.

Ormerod, G. W., 1864, On the Hut Circles on the Eastern Side of Dartmoor, 300 (Article in Serial). SDV304174.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/138, 5441 (Aerial Photograph). SDV229649.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX69SW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV222095.

Ring cairn with the interior at ground level with a number of shallow pits but no sign of any interior structure.

Ancient Monuments, 1970, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV271236.

(18/03/1970) One of a scheduled group of five barrows on Cawsand Hill. D: remains of barrow circle; stone kerb visible through bank.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 169 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(30/05/1976) A: SX63669151. Probably a ring cairn, diameter 26.0m, height 0.3m.

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

Visible and recorded.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 66 fig 25/A6 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Ring cairn, Cosdon. Stone ring 21m diameter internally with bank 2m wide and 0.3m high.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133334 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/01/1994) At SX 6366 9150. Ring cairn forming part of a cemetery including at least two round cairns, two ring cairns and one platform cairn.
The cairn is of type 1a, and survives as a 3m wide rubble bank standing up to 0.6m high surrounding a 22.5m diameter internal area.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 206-7, 244, Map 40, Figure 40.8 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Cosdon Beacon cairn '2' at 63669151 of circa 25.0 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high.

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

Visible on arial photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362957.

Ring cairn is clearly visible on the lidar data.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Cairn Circle' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1010793 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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