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Summary

The earthwork remains of a cairn recorded by the Ordnance Survey. Grinsell (1978) records 'cairn with retaining kerb well preserved on north and west. Central rectangular hollow consistent with removal of cist. Diameter 10.0m, height 1.0m'. Hemery (1983) states this was once the hub of seven manorial boundaries.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003302: Seven Lords' Lands round barrow

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX77NW47
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 445151
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 820

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• BOUNDARY MARKER (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, (1906) (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Seven Lords' Lands (Sepulchral Circle) [O.E.] [SX 7412 7622].

Victoria County History, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Devon, 629 (Article in Serial). SDV238214.

Source refers to some hut circles at Seven Lords' Lands.

Worth, R. H., 1934, 53rd Report of the Barrow Committee, 41 (Article in Serial). SDV345863.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/879, 7004 (Aerial Photograph). SDV269537.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953/1960, SX77NW47 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315752.

R. H. Worth describes the site as a very low cairn with a kerb-retaining circle (comment, 10/12/1948).
(18/04/1953) The 'Sepulchral Circle' is a cairn from 0.8m. to 1.2m. high, with a minor central excavation 0.5m. deep. The kerb retaining circle extends round the west and north quadrants. No hut-circles could be located.
(20/04/1960) A 25" survey has been made.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric, (1963) (Cartographic). SDV350058.

(SX 74127622) Seven Lords' Lands (N.A.T.) Cairn (N.R.).

Ancient Monuments, 1970, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV315751.

(05/05/1970) Seven Lord's lands round barrow (diameter 9.14m, height 0.6m). Retained within a kerb of uprights. Slight damage to kerb on the south-west side.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 177, Widecombe 13 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(11/09/1973) Cairn with retaining kerb well preserved on north and west. Central rectangular hollow consistent with removal of cist. Diameter 10.0m, height 1.0m.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol V, 1034 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

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

Visited 17/03/1982.

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 732 (Monograph). SDV249702.

This was once the hub of seven manorial boundaries.

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

Originally interpreted as a tinners trial pit, but reconsidered and shown as a barrow. The central rectangular hollow is clearly visible.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 48, 77, fig 19/ F1. (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Encircled cairn. Ring of close set orthostats 8.5m internal diameter. Cairn spreads beyond ring at 11.5m diameter and 0.6m high. Comparable to a Welsh cairn circle. Prominent siting.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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