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Guide to the Monuments on Throwleigh Common and Buttern Hill

Throwleigh Common and Buttern Hill

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Throwleigh Common and Buttern Hill

The following table lists the records currently in this Guide Map. For an explantion of the Guide Maps and a table of all 62 Guide Maps, follow this link: Guide List Table. Introductory text will be added to each guide list in 2025. Notes on duplication and omissions will appear below the table once checks have been finalised.


Guide #ButlerSiteIDSite NameShortNameRecord SourceMapTurnerHERPhotoUnique?Checked
138.7.183Buttern Hill 1 Chambered TombNT Gidleigh SButlerSX6567088550 MDV6213YUnique1
238.7.282Buttern Hill 2 Chambered TombNT Gidleigh NButlerSX6586788956 MDV6212YUnique1
33115Buttern Hill 3 Chambered CairnCN Gidleigh S2HERSX6553488378 MDV20318YUnique1
43144Buttern Hill 4 Cairn CircleCC:Buttern 4HERSX6540089490 MDV13021NUnique1
54113Buttern Hill 5 CairnCN:Buttern 5HERSX6523088490 MDV28684NUnique1
64118Buttern Hill 6 Clearance CairnCN:Buttern 6HERSX6565089170 MDV103612NUnique1
73033Buttern Hill 7 Reported CistCT?Buttern 7HERSX6570088960 MDV6191NUnique1
8629Buttern Hill Enclosed SettlementES:ButternHillPDWSX6550189146 MDV6140NUnique1
9257Buttern Hill Stone CircleSC Buttern 1PDWSX6494988481G07MDV4371YUnique1
101897Buttern Hill 2 Reported Stone CircleSC:Buttern 2HERSX6488288469 MDV4392NUnique1
11245Buttern Hill 3 Reported Stone CircleSC:Buttern 3HERSX6476988580 MDV4392NUnique1
121900Kennon Hill 1 Reported Stone CircleSC:KennonHill1PDWSX6435489001 n/a NUnique0
13243Kennon Hill 2 Reported Stone CircleSC:KennonHill2HERSX6420188735 MDV130499NUnique0
141902Kennon Hill Reported Stone RowSR:KennonHillHERSX6424688657 MDV130499NUnique0
151899Kennon Hill Cairn CircleCC:Kennon HillPDWSX6421388723 MDV130499YUnique0
1641.11312Kennon Hill S.W.1 CairnCN Kennon SW1ButlerSX6391688974 MDV19463YUnique1
174181Kennon Hill S.W.2 Reported CairnCN:Kennon SW2HERSX6386188979 MDV58865YUnique1
181321Kennon Hill S.W.3 Reported CairnCN:Kennon SW3HERSX6380089100 MDV19462YUnique1
194291Kennon Hill Reported CistCT KennonHillPDWSX6437588926 n/a YUnique1
203040Kennon Hill S.1 Reported CistCT:Kennon S1HERSX6453488357 MDV61776NUnique1
213113Kennon Hill S.2 Reported CairnCN:Kennon S2HERSX6453088350 MDV64130NUnique1
223114Kennon Hill S.3 Reported CairnCN:Kennon S3HERSX6468088260 MDV64129NUnique1
231315Ruelake Pit Cairnfield MasterCN:RuelakePitHERSX6406088750 MDV58866NUnique1
243067Raybarrow Pool Reported CistCNxRaybarrow1RadcliffeSX6420090500 MDV58681NUnique1
254179Blackaton Brook 1-6 Cairnfield MasterCN:Blackaton MHERSX6441090280 MDV58680NDuplicate1
264178Blackaton Brook 1-8 (duplicate) Cairnfield MasterCN:BlackatoDupHERSX6435090560 MDV58679NDuplicate1
273127Blackaton Brook 1 CairnCT:Blackaton 1RadcliffeSX6454590378 MDV59576NUnique1
283128Blackaton Brook 2 CairnCN:Blackaton 2HERSX6453090340 MDV59577NUnique1
293129Blackaton Brook 3 CairnCN:Blackaton 3HERSX6450090330 MDV59578NUnique1
303130Blackaton Brook 4 CairnCN:Blackaton 4HERSX6449090330 MDV59579NUnique1
313131Blackaton Brook 5 CairnCN:Blackaton 5HERSX6448090320 MDV59580NUnique1
323132Blackaton Brook 6 CairnCN:Blackaton 6HERSX6447090290 MDV59581NUnique1
333061Shilstone Lane Reported CairnCN-ShilstonePDWSX6595590139 n/a YUnique1
3439.1.11285Throwleigh Common 1 CairnCN:Throw 1ButlerSX6542090670 MDV59305NUnique1
3539.1.21286Throwleigh Common 2 Reported CairnCN:Throw 2ButlerSX6541090530 MDV59307NUnique1
3639.1.31287Throwleigh Common 3 Clearance CairnCN?Throw 3ButlerSX6546090550 MDV59307NUnique1
3739.1.41288Throwleigh Common 4 Clearance CairnCN?Throw 4ButlerSX6546090560 MDV59307NUnique1
3839.1.51289Throwleigh Common 5 Clearance CairnCN?Throw 5ButlerSX6554090440 MDV134156YUnique1
393053Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and CistCT:Throw 6HERSX6520389798 MDV13020YUnique1
401539Throwleigh East M Cairnfield MasterCN:ThrowE MHERSX6507090010 n/a NDuplicate1
411540Throwleigh East 1 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 1HERSX6510089830 MDV59333NUnique1
421541Throwleigh East 2 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 2HERSX6506089990 MDV59334NUnique1
431542Throwleigh East 3 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 3HERSX6507090000 MDV59335NUnique1
441543Throwleigh East 4 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 4HERSX6506090020 MDV59336NUnique1
451544Throwleigh East 5 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 5HERSX6508090020 MDV59337NUnique1
461545Throwleigh East 6 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 6HERSX6509090020 MDV59338NUnique1
471546Throwleigh East 7 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 7HERSX6508090040 MDV59339NUnique1
481547Throwleigh East 8 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 8HERSX6509090040 MDV59340NUnique1
491548Throwleigh East 9 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE 9HERSX6505090060 MDV59341NUnique1
501549Throwleigh East 10 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE10HERSX6506090050 MDV59342NUnique1
511550Throwleigh East 11 Clearance CairnCN:ThrowE11HERSX6508090060 MDV59343NUnique1

Notes on possible duplications and omissions

Blackaton Brook Cairns: Both HER records MDV58679 (Scheduled Monument 1018905) and MDV58680 (Scheduled Monument 1018906) are master records relating to the Blackaton Brook records. The two scheduled monument entries were both created 04/02/1999. All of the individual cairn records link to Scheduled Monument 1018906, which suggests 1018905 and MDV58679 were superseded. I suggest these two HER records be merged and MDV58679 deleted.

Kennon Hill Reported Cist and Shilstone Lane Reported Cairn. These two features are worthy for inclusion on this website but arguably not on the HER.

Kennon Hill S.1 Reported Cist. This entry maybe duplicated on the Scorhill Guide, see Rival Tor Reported Cairn. This record is marked as unique and the other as a duplicate. NB. There is no duplication on the HER.

PS. These notes are to assist untangling complicated records and are neither permanent nor a criticism of the HER who do a fantastic job! The author finds it easier to systematically work through these records (2000+ of them) and add these notes, which are then to be communicated with the HER, if appropriate, it is a pragmatic way of dealing with lots of data without continually stopping and starting.

Throwleigh Common and Buttern Hill Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Throwleigh Common and Buttern Hill

Gidleigh - South Chambered Tomb

Gidleigh - South Chambered Tomb

OS Map: SX 65670 88550
NMR record: SX 68 NE 74
HER record: MDV6213
Megalithic Portal: 10040
PMD: Gidleigh South Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 1 Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Gidleigh S
Butler map: 38.7.1
Butler Vol 5: p.157
DPD page: 147
Notes: "The remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn on Buttern Hill. The cairn survives as a mound standing up to 0.6 metres high. The chamber and associated entrance passage include seven orthostats, two of which form a portaled entrance. A leat runs to the west of the cairn."
Nearby sites: SX65678855

Gidleigh - North Chambered Tomb

Gidleigh - North Chambered Tomb

OS Map: SX 65867 88956
NMR record: SX 68 NE 73
HER record: MDV6212
Megalithic Portal: 45581
PMD: Gidleigh North Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 2 Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Gidleigh N
Butler map: 38.7.2
Butler Vol 5: p.157
Grinsell: A:GID 1
Notes: "A chambered cairn located on an east facing slope of Buttern Hill. The cairn mound measures 26 metres long and 9 metres wide and stands up to 1 metre high. Several set stones at the western end of the mound represent the remains of a passage leading towards a chamber."
Nearby sites: SX65878896

Gidleigh - South Chambered Cairn

Gidleigh - South Chambered Cairn

OS Map: SX 65534 88378
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV20318
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 3 Chambered Cairn
ShortName: CN Gidleigh S2
Notes: HER quoting Turner: Possible chambered cairn recorded at SX 6554 8837 on Gidleigh Common. A simple chamber cairn with evidence of a chamber (two fallen large stones at south, south-west end). Although many large boulders still remain in position, cairn has obviously been heavily robbed for later enclosure lying to the north.
Measurements: length 15.5m, width 3.5 to 5.5m, height 0.8m. This features differs from the other Gidleigh chamber tombs (North and South) as there is no evidence for a passage. It appears to be on the same axis and similar to the Corringdon ball example. Orientation south, south-west by north, north-east.

Nearby sites: SX65538838

Buttern Hill 4 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 65400 89490
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV13021
ShortName: CC:Buttern 4
Notes: HER: A small cairn circle situated at SX 65408949 in open moorland immediately below the crest of a broad topped spur at about 1300 ft OD. It has a diameter of 6.0m and consists of 13 turf-fast stones; three are recumbent, one stands to a height of 0.4m, and the remainder barely protrude through the turf.
Nearby sites: SX65408949

Buttern Hill 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65230 88490
NMR record: SX 68 NE 205
HER record: MDV28684
ShortName: CN:Buttern 5
Nearby sites: SX65238849

Buttern Hill 6 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65650 89170
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV103612
ShortName: CN:Buttern 6
Nearby sites: SX65658917

Buttern Hill 7 Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 65700 88960
NMR record: SX 68 NE 22
HER record: MDV6191
PMD: Ensworthy
ShortName: CT?Buttern 7
Notes: The remains of two alleged cists are reported at this location. Recent field investigation could not locate them and therefore it is thought likely that they are probably natural features.
Nearby sites: SX65708896

Buttern Hill Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 65501 89146
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV6140
Megalithic Portal: 25242
ShortName: ES:ButternHill
Nearby sites: SX65508915

Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Buttern Hill Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64949 88481
NMR record: SX 68 NW 11
HER record: MDV4371
Megalithic Portal: 724
PMD: Buttern Hill Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Buttern 1
DPD page: 147
Turner: G7
Notes: NNE of Scorhill about 2Km. "The remains of a Bronze Age stone circle situated on level ground overlooking the valley of the North Teign River and Whitemoor Marsh. The stone circle measures 24.8 metres in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs standing up to 0.76 metres high. A further 12 recumbent stones lie where they have fallen." Also known as the Throwleigh circle. According to R.N. Worth, although not confirmed since, there was "a small cairn between five and six yards in from the southern edge" and also there is a companion circle a short distance on the slope westward, 60 feet in diameter consisting of four stones with a possible large central pillar, see. The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 3.
Nearby sites: SX64958848

Buttern Hill 2 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64882 88469
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV4392
Megalithic Portal: 725
PMD: Buttern Hill W
ShortName: SC:Buttern 2
Notes: R.N. Worth Throwleigh (i.e.Buttern) circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one tirne may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.

There is an arrangement of stones a very short distance from the Buttern Stone Circle see waypoint graphic. Whether or not this is the feature referred to by R.N. Worth is unclear. This could be a natural arrangement of stones but some look artificially set. To the author it is a possible stone circle of diameter 20-25 metres - or 65 to 80 feet. The size fits the description by R. N. Worth but the menhir is missing.

The HER also has the following entry but the distance North West is a long way off and more like the location of Kennon Hill Reported Circle 2.

HER: Possible circle circa 180 metres north-west of the Buttern Hill circle comprising four or five stones around a fallen standing stone. Recorded by Worth (1894) and apparently seen by the Ordnance Survey in 1950, although the recorder in 1951 could not locate it, this feature has not been confirmed since 1950.

Robert Naylor has made the author aware of the entry on Bill Radcliffe's PMD linked above and also an entry on the Megalithic Portal from The Captain (linked above). The Captain says:

Quote: Is there anything left to see today of the possible remains of Buttern Hill (W) circle? I saw a couple of slightly erect stones a bit further to the north of the main circle, on the far side of the valley. So I went for a look. I found a couple of edge set stones, spaced about the same as the main circle, with other fallen stones and buried stones which could be considered to be a part of a circle, at position SX 6486 8855. But I was not convinced.
Nearby sites: SX64888847

Buttern Hill 3 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64769 88580
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV4392
ShortName: SC:Buttern 3
Notes: HER: Possible circle circa 180 metres north-west of the Buttern Hill circle comprising four or five stones around a fallen standing stone. Recorded by Worth (1894) and apparently seen by the Ordnance Survey in 1950, although the recorder in 1951 could not locate it, this feature has not been confirmed since 1950.
Nearby sites: SX64778858

Kennon Hill 1 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64354 89001
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: SC:KennonHill1
Notes: Possible stone circle reported by Robert Naylor.

R.N. Worth Throwleigh (i.e.Buttern) circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one tirne may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.


HER: Possible circle circa 180 metres north-west of the Buttern Hill circle comprising four or five stones around a fallen standing stone. Recorded by Worth (1894) and apparently seen by the Ordnance Survey in 1950, although the recorder in 1951 could not locate it, this feature has not been confirmed since 1950.
Nearby sites: SX64358900

Kennon Hill 2 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64201 88735
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV130499
ShortName: SC:KennonHill2
Notes: Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 86657.
Nearby sites: SX64208874

Kennon Hill Reported Stone Row

OS Map: SX 64246 88657
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV130499
ShortName: SR:KennonHill
Notes: Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 88657.

NB. Grid reference for row confirmed by Emma and corrected.
Nearby sites: SX64258866

Kennon Hill Cairn Circle

Kennon Hill Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 64213 88723
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV130499
ShortName: CC:Kennon Hill
Notes: This cairn circle has a diameter of 10 metres or approx 30 feet. It has a slab in its centre which matches the 1894 report by R.N. Worth except for the size and distance/location of the Buttern Hill stone circle. The central area of the circle is raised and the circle has a ring or bank. The raised centre suggests it is not a round house.

R.N.Worth Throwleigh [Buttern] circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one tirne may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 86657.
Nearby sites: SX64208874

Kennon Hill S.W.1 Cairn

Kennon Hill S.W.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 63916 88974
NMR record: SX 68 NW 108
HER record: MDV19463
ShortName: CN Kennon SW1
Butler map: 41.1
Notes: Butler describes a heather-covered cairn with a pair of slabs visible in the body of the mound. This cairn is not covered in heather but then this photo is taken 20 year on. There are signs of the slabs in the mound so it is probably the same cairn. The HER refers to another cairn 50m due w of this one - the author could not locate that but then the area is very overgrown.
Nearby sites: SX63928897

Kennon Hill S.W.2 Reported Cairn

Kennon Hill S.W.2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 63861 88979
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV58865
ShortName: CN:Kennon SW2
Notes: The HER refers to another cairn 50m due w of the Kennon Hill S.W. Cairn - the author could not locate that on 27/08/17 but then the area is very overgrown.
Nearby sites: SX63868898

Kennon Hill S.W.3 Reported Cairn

Kennon Hill S.W.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 63800 89100
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV19462
ShortName: CN:Kennon SW3
Notes: HER: Unlikely cairn - a mound of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high to south-west of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX63808910

Kennon Hill Reported Cist

Kennon Hill Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 64375 88926
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CT KennonHill
Notes: This looks like a cist but is in fact remains from tar and feather work as identified by Robert Naylor. This photo taken in August 2014 by the author and labelled as "looks like a cist" and marked as a Garmin waypoint "cist?". Located on the southern slope of Kennon Hill in an area of very deep tussocky grass. The author was unable to get back to check it out and posted about this on 4 February 2020 on a Dartmoor Facebook group. The author is grateful to Robert Naylor for having checked it out and clarifying that it is not a cist. Listing here as not a cist will help those in future who stumble across this. For more on this thanks to Max Piper and Dartefacts, see: feather-and-tare-cist-on-kennon-hill
Nearby sites: SX64388893

Kennon Hill S.1 Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 64534 88357
NMR record: SX 68 NW 113
HER record: MDV61776
PMD: Kennon Hill S.
ShortName: CT:Kennon S1
Notes: Cairn and cist. Possible cist consists of a single large slab, 0.75m x 0.25m, x 0.6m high, oriented slightly e of n. Probably duplicated by this record: Rival Tor Reported Cairn
Nearby sites: SX64538836

Kennon Hill S.2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 64530 88350
NMR record: SX 68 NW 113
HER record: MDV64130
ShortName: CN:Kennon S2
Notes: 2 cairns and 1 cairn and cist at Kennock Hill South (HER 64130, HER 61776, HER 64129)
Nearby sites: SX64538835

Kennon Hill S.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 64680 88260
NMR record: SX 68 NW 113
HER record: MDV64129
ShortName: CN:Kennon S3
Notes: 2 cairns and 1 cairn and cist at Kennock Hill South (HER 64130, HER 61776, HER 64129)
Nearby sites: SX64688826

Ruelake Pit Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 64060 88750
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV58866
ShortName: CN:RuelakePit
Notes: HER: Cairnfield of apparent Prehistoric date consisting of at least a dozen stony heaps, many c.2m diam x 0.5m-1m high. Several seem to have been dug into. The location is on the southern flank of Kennon Hill, east of the upper portion of the tin openwork known as Ruelake Pit.
Nearby sites: SX64068875

Raybarrow Pool Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 64200 90500
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV58681
PMD: Raybarrow Pool
ShortName: CNxRaybarrow1
Notes: Recorded as a possible cist and retaining circle, but confirmed as natural fetaure.
Nearby sites: SX64209050

Blackaton Brook 1-6 Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 64410 90280
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV58680
ShortName: CN:Blackaton M
Notes: This record is a duplicate, a master record, of the HER records: 59576, 59577, 59578, 59579, 59580, 59581 the Blackaton Brook 1-6 cairns.
Nearby sites: SX64419028

Blackaton Brook 1-8 (duplicate) Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 64350 90560
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV58679
ShortName: CN:BlackatoDup
Notes: This HER record relates to Scheduled Monument 1018905. This is suspiciously similar to the very nearby Scheduled Monument 1018906 which relates to the HER records: 59576, 59577, 59578, 59579, 59580, 59581 the Blackaton Brook 1-6 cairns. This requires further investigation to confirm that it is not a duplicate.
Nearby sites: SX64359056

Blackaton Brook 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64545 90378
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59576
PMD: Blackaton Brook
ShortName: CT:Blackaton 1
Notes: The monument includes a cairn cemetery and sinuous linear earthwork bank situated on a gentle east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Blackaton Brook. The cairn cemetery survives as a linear cluster of six mounds standing between 0.6m and 1.3m high. Three of the mounds are circular in shape with their diameters varying between 4.5m and 8m. The remainder are oval with lengths between 5.5m and 13m. Four of the mounds have been robbed or partially excavated and an edge set stone in the centre of the northern cairn may represent the remnants of a cist.

Update 29/12/2024 The PMD entry formerly had a separate duplicate record SiteID=3068. This has been deleted and details merged into this record. The identification of the PMD cist with Cairn 1, northern most cairn, is uncertain and will need confirming by fieldwork.
Nearby sites: SX64559038

Blackaton Brook 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64530 90340
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59577
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 2
Nearby sites: SX64539034

Blackaton Brook 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64500 90330
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59578
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 3
Nearby sites: SX64509033

Blackaton Brook 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64490 90330
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59579
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 4
Nearby sites: SX64499033

Blackaton Brook 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64480 90320
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59580
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 5
Nearby sites: SX64489032

Blackaton Brook 6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64470 90290
NMR record: SX 69 SW 88
HER record: MDV59581
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 6
Nearby sites: SX64479029

Shilstone Lane Reported Cairn

Shilstone Lane Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65955 90139
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN-Shilstone
Notes: This record arose from a posting by Clive Darke on a Dartmoor Facebook forum. Clive posted a photo of this feature on the side of the road and asked whether it could perhaps be a re-used menhir in a Devon wall. Alan Endacott observed that it is on Shilstone Lane and Shilstone is a place name often associated with dolmens such as Shilstone common by Spinsters Rock near Drewsteignton. There are also other large slabs that could conceivably be remains of a destroyed site in the wall. The location of this feature is the side of the road between Shilstone Tor and Shilstone Farm. This particlaur stone is in fact a large slab that goes back into the bank and as such could perhaps have been a capstone. This combination of place name suggesting a long lost dolmen and possible remains is reminiscent of another site called Shilstone near Widecombe, see Chittleford Hill Reported Cairn. That location was registered on the HER and NMR as a "Possible site of a Neolithic barrow found in the field walls by the roadside [...] A very large orthostat, or shiner (sic), standing here which may have been a capstone. Nearby fields called 'Shelstone Lay' point to the existence of a cromlech. Also the walls of the field contain a large number of very large slabs and pillar-like stones such as might have formed a megalthic tomb". That description could almost apply to this record. The author would like to thank Clive Darke and Alan Endacott for the information behind this record. The photo was kindly supplied by Alan and copyright remains with him.
Nearby sites: SX65969014

Throwleigh Common 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65420 90670
NMR record: SX 69 SE 66
HER record: MDV59305
ShortName: CN:Throw 1
Butler map: 39.1.1
Nearby sites: SX65429067

Throwleigh Common 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65410 90530
NMR record: SX 69 SE 66
HER record: MDV59307
ShortName: CN:Throw 2
Butler map: 39.1.2
Notes: See: 1476178
Nearby sites: SX65419053

Throwleigh Common 3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65460 90550
NMR record: SX 69 SE 66
HER record: MDV59307
ShortName: CN?Throw 3
Butler map: 39.1.3
Notes: Clearance cairn within reave system.
Nearby sites: SX65469055

Throwleigh Common 4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65460 90560
NMR record: SX 69 SE 66
HER record: MDV59307
ShortName: CN?Throw 4
Butler map: 39.1.4
Notes: Clearance cairn within reave system.
Nearby sites: SX65469056

Throwleigh Common 5 Clearance Cairn

Throwleigh Common 5 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65540 90440
NMR record: SX 69 SE 66
HER record: MDV134156
ShortName: CN?Throw 5
Butler map: 39.1.5
Notes: HER reffering to Butler: Throwleigh Common cairn '5' of 7.4 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. On the other side of the hill, out of sight of the settlement on Trowleigh Common but still within its boundaries, is a cairn cemetery which may well have been the burial ground for the hut dwellers. This southern cairn is located in a square field on the north side of the 'leat' to the west of the settlement.
Nearby sites: SX65549044

Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 65203 89798
NMR record: SX 68 NE 70
HER record: MDV13020
PMD: Forder Brook
ShortName: CT:Throw 6
Notes: Round cairn. Diameter 6.4 metres, height 1 metre. Cist 0.6 metres wide, oriented north-south. Central pit 1.5 metres by 1.1 metres by 0.25 meters deep. Situated on downslope edge of a natural terrace. Three edge set stones lying parallel to each other are exposed in the central pit. The two eastern ones may represent the edges of a cist with a length or width of 0.6 metres. A number of edge set stones around the edge represent a kerb. Gorse covered. NOTE: NMR gives location as SX 6519 8978.

The overgrown feature in the photo from 17/03/2025 is possibly this feature but it is a considerable distance from the NMR grid reference. That is located at SX 65203 89798

Nearby sites: SX65208980

Throwleigh East M Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 65070 90010
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN:ThrowE M
Notes: There are 11 clearance cairns in very close proximity to each other listed on the HER. This record has been added as a master record and hence set as a duplicate. See the individual records, the original details are:

Throwleigh East 1: Possible cairn of 8.3 metres diameter by 1 metre high on the east slope of Kennon Hill with a central pit of 1.5 metres by 0.9 metres by 0.5 metres deep SX 6510 8983

Throwleigh East 2: Clearance cairn of 2.5 metres by 2.3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6506 8999

Throwleigh East 3: Clearance cairn of 9.5 metres by 3.5 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6507 9000

Throwleigh East 4: Clearance cairn of 5.5 metres by 3 metres by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6506 9002

Throwleigh East 5: Clearance cairn of 4 metres by 2 metres by 0.4 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6508 9002

Throwleigh East 6: Clearance cairn of 10 metres by 3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6509 9002

Throwleigh East 7: Clearance cairn of 5 metres by 3 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6508 9004

Throwleigh East 8: Clearance cairn of 6 metres by 1.8 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6509 9004

Throwleigh East 9: Clearance cairn of 3 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill SX 6505 9006

Throwleigh East 10: Clearance cairn of 13 metres by 4 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6506 9005

Throwleigh East 11: Clearance cairn of 16 metres by 4 metres by 0.9 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed. SX 6508 9006
Nearby sites: SX65079001

Throwleigh East 1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65100 89830
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59333
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 1
Notes: HER: Possible cairn of 8.3 metres diameter by 1 metre high on the east slope of Kennon Hill with a central pit of 1.5 metres by 0.9 metres by 0.5 metres deep
Nearby sites: SX65108983

Throwleigh East 2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65060 89990
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59334
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 2
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 2.5 metres by 2.3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65108983

Throwleigh East 3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65070 90000
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59335
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 3
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 9.5 metres by 3.5 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed.
Nearby sites: SX65079000

Throwleigh East 4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65060 90020
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59336
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 4
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 5.5 metres by 3 metres by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65069002

Throwleigh East 5 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65080 90020
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59337
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 5
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 4 metres by 2 metres by 0.4 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65089002

Throwleigh East 6 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65090 90020
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59338
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 6
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 10 metres by 3 metres by 0.6 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed.
Nearby sites: SX65099002

Throwleigh East 7 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65080 90040
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59339
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 7
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 5 metres by 3 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65089004

Throwleigh East 8 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65090 90040
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59340
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 8
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 6 metres by 1.8 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65099004

Throwleigh East 9 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65050 90060
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59341
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 9
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 3 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX65059006

Throwleigh East 10 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65060 90050
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59342
ShortName: CN:ThrowE10
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 13 metres by 4 metres by 0.7 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed.
Nearby sites: SX65069005

Throwleigh East 11 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65080 90060
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV59343
ShortName: CN:ThrowE11
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 16 metres by 4 metres by 0.9 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. May have originally been built as part of an agglomerated enclosure which was never completed.
Nearby sites: SX65089006

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