Ringmoor Down 10 Cairn
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Monuments on Ringmoor Down
OS Map: SX 56720 66670
OS Source: Butler
HER: MDV56210
Alternate name: Ringmoor Down 10
Short Name: CN:Ringmoor10
Butler map: 49.21.10
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 13d
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 56720 66670
Guide Map: 47
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (3.1 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 56720 66670
Notes
HER referring to Butler: Cairn '10' on the south side of the reave on Ringmoor Down of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high has been dug into from the side. It interupts the line of the reave 150 metres to the east and is probably composed of material taken from it. Butler links his record to Grinsell's SHEEPSTOR 13d.See also HER entry MDV12716 Ringmoor Down 13. Two cairns can be seen on Google satellite. The HER record is supposed to link to the Grinsell record but the Butler record looks more likely although it is probable there are features in both locations. The Butler record is 180m away to the south of the other HER record lcoation.
Grinsell: following Breton: cairn, incorporated in long reave. Breton 1914. 56. Approx SX 5675 6658
This record will retain Butler's original grid reference until fieldwork clarifies the details.
References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, (1990)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Fleming, Andrew, The prehistoric landscape of Dartmoor Part 1: South Dartmoor , Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 44 , pp. 97 - 12 (1978)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape - A new survey , Southwest Landscape Investigations (2022)