| Summary : A round, flat-topped cairn, 12.0m by 11.2m and 0.8m high. It seems to have escaped the attentions of antiquarian excavators and there is no evidence to suggest the former presence of a cist or kerb. A boundary bank, possibly marking the edge of Trowelsworthy Warren uses this cairn as a waypoint. The Bronze Age cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
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| More information : (SX 58496400) Cairn (NR). (1)
SX 58486399: A round, flat-topped cairn, 12.0m. by 11.2m. and 0.8m.
high, which lies on a gently sloping ridge at 355m. above OD. Now
turf covered, it is in good condition. It is possibly just overlaid
by the bank of the 'cross dyke' or branch reave, SX 56 SW 84.
1:10 000 Survey on PFD. (2)
Listed under round barrows, cairns and cists. (3)
Depicted and described by Robertson. (4)
Depicted by Butler. (5)
SX 58496399. The dimensions of this feature are as described by Authority 2. The mound seems to have escaped the attentions of antiquarian excavators and there is no evidence to suggest the former presence of a cist or kerb. A boundary bank, possibly marking the edge of Trowelsworthy Warren (SX 56 SE 66) uses this cairn as a waypoint. (6)
The Bronze Age cairn, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. It is centred on SX 58489 63998. The cairn mound measures approximately 13m in diameter. The boundary of Willings Walls warren (NRHE 438879) uses the cairn as a waypoint. Scheduled monument NHLE 1010811. (7-8)
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