Cairn south of Stalldown stone alignment
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1012748
- Date first listed:
- 29-Nov-1991
Map
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cornwood
- National Park:
- DARTMOOR
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 63217 61856
Reasons for Designation
Dartmoor is the largest expanse of open moorland in Southern Britain and because of exceptional conditions of preservation, it is also one of the most complete examples of an upland relict landscape in the whole country. The great wealth and diversity of archaeological remains provides direct evidence for human exploitation of the Moor from the early prehistoric period onwards. The well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites, major land boundaries, trackways, ceremonial and funerary monuments, as well as later industrial sites, gives significant insights into successive changes in the pattern of land use through time. Despite some disturbance, this cairn is a well-preserved example and occupies a significant position beyond the present terminus of the Stalldown stone alignment. Its relationship to the Stalldown complex indicates the wealth of evidence relating to the ritual side of prehistoric life on this part of the Moor.
Details
Many examples of prehistoric funerary monuments are preserved on Dartmoor,
mostly dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2500 - 500 BC). To celebrate or
commemorate the dead, mounds of earth or stone were piled in a roughly
hemispherical shape over the burial, which was sometimes contained in a
small rectangular structure, or cist, made of stone slabs. Some monuments
also include kerbstones marking the outer edge of the mound and surrounding
ditch.
This cairn, 200m. south of Stalldown stone alignment, is 8m. in diameter
and 1m. high. It has a hollow centre, probably as a result of the grave
having been opened, and may have been associated with the terminus of
the stone alignment.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 10513
- Legacy System:
- RSM
Sources
Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Proc. Devon Arch. Soc.' in Dartmoor Barrows (0305 5795), , Vol. 36, (1978), 137
Other
Devon County SMR,
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing
