Guide to the Monuments on Okehampton Camp

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Okehampton Camp

Table of Round Houses on Okehampton Camp

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Okehampton Camp

East Bowden 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59740 92230
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV60252
ShortName: CN:EastBowden1
Nearby sites: SX59749223

East Bowden 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59740 92140
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV60253
ShortName: CN:EastBowden2
Nearby sites: SX59749214

East Bowden 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59760 92180
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV60254
ShortName: CN:EastBowden3
Nearby sites: SX59769218

East Bowden 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59590 92140
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV60257
ShortName: CN:EastBowden4
Nearby sites: SX59599214

East Bowden 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59570 92120
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV60258
ShortName: CN:EastBowden5
Nearby sites: SX59579212

Black Down W. Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 57398 91540
NMR record: SX 59 SE 81
HER record: MDV61332
Megalithic Portal: 45801
PMD: Black Down
ShortName: CT:BlackDown W
Butler map: 42.6
Butler Vol 5: p.58 & Fig.35
Notes: Not located at SX 57409153 on 28/08/16. Butler SX57389153. NMR SX57469153."The cairn is 6 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres in height. The cist is 0.9 metres long with 2 end stones in the original position. Remains of a kerb are visible around the north west edge of the mound". 1.6km east of Higher Bowden. nb. Not listed by Turner - assigned as "Platform Circle" type cairn due to description in NMR. "A flat-topped cairn". Butler Black Down W. Vol. 2. Map 42.6 (diagram Vol 5. p.58).
Nearby sites: SX57409154

Black Down Cairn

OS Map: SX 58463 92328
NMR record: SX 59 SE 80
HER record: MDV61330
ShortName: CN Black Dow1
Butler map: 42.5
Notes: "The monument includes a round cairn situated on Black Down on a narrow shelf on a steep east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Moor Brook. The cairn measures 8m in diameter and stands up to 0.8m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound represents the site of an early investigation. A further narrow trench cut next to the north western side of the mound is probably the result of historic military interference."
Nearby sites: SX58469233

Okehampton Camp Road (S of) Cairn

OS Map: SX 59152 93540
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV20156
ShortName: CN CampRoad
Grinsell: OKE 6
Notes: A small, largely turf-covered cairn, 12 metres north to south by 11.3 metres, standing up to 0.6 metres high.
Nearby sites: SX59159354

Moor Gate 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59350 93705
NMR record: SX 59 SE 90
HER record: MDV70198
ShortName: CN-Moor Gate
Notes: "A low stony mound 13m in diameter and 0.6m high lies on the edge of a marshy area 150m S of the cattle grid on the Halstock track. Much of the cairn's stony fabric protrudes through a thin covering of soil and the top possesses a distinct lip around its edge. The crest of this feature has been used as a site for a cattle feeder which has resulted in the erosion of much of the former turf covering and the creation of the lip around the top on the mound. There is no trace of a cist or kerb."
Nearby sites: SX59359371

Moor Gate 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59208 93696
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN-MoorGate2
Notes: Author encountered this mound not far from the Moor Gate cairn. It looks modern and is being listed as a clearance cairn of uncertain date. Not listed elsewhere.
Nearby sites: SX59219370

Moorgate Farm Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 59840 92240
NMR record: SX 59 SE 22
HER record: MDV60255
ShortName: CT:Moorgate 1
Notes: Cairn and cist 830m s of moorgate farm
Nearby sites: SX59849224

East Hill Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 59770 93820
NMR record: SX 59 SE 109
HER record: MDV20457
ShortName: CN East Hill
Barrow Report: 17
Notes: NMR suggests "Post medieval clearance". The photo is presumably of this site. It was taken not long after the platinum jubilee celebrations in 2022 when a number of beacons were contructed on Dartmoor. The assumption is this was built up on top of the clearance cairn but the quantity of material obscures whether or not there is a mound there. No other obvious clearance cairn could be found in the vicinity suggesting this is it. THE HER gives the location as SX 59770 93820 and this is at SX 59746 93844. As this identification is not certain the grid reference will be left as that given by the HER.
Nearby sites: SX59779382

Roebuck Hotel (NW of) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54590 91910
NMR record: SX 59 SW 5
HER record: MDV4771
ShortName: CN?Roebuck
Grinsell: B:SOU 1
Notes: Square? Thought to be Roman or later. "A Civil War redoubt situated 750 metres south east of East Linnacombe in an elevated position overlooking Dartmoor and the valley of the River Thrushel. The earthwork was possibly erected in 1642 to guard the Cornish side of Okehampton. The monument survives as a double ditched, square-shaped enclosure with a square central platform measuring 13.9 metres across by 0.7 metres high, topped by a slight bank up to 3.6 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. Surrounding the platform is a 2 metre wide and 0.2 metre deep ditch, beyond which is a second bank 1.8 metres wide and 0.2 metres high and a second ditch up to 2.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Scheduled."
Nearby sites: SX54599191

Okehampton Castle Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 57800 93960
NMR record: SX 59 SE 108
HER record: MDV70193
ShortName: CN?OkeCastle
Nearby sites: SX57809396

A30 Embankment 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 57880 93620
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV63872
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban2
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX57889362

A30 Embankment 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59250 94250
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV63878
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban3
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX59259425

A30 Embankment 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59590 94320
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV63879
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban4
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX59599432