Round Cairn On Stiperstones, C160 Metres South Of The Os Trig Point On Manstone Rock

• HER Number (PRN): 04643
• Site Name : Round Cairn On Stiperstones, C160 Metres South Of The Os Trig Point On Manstone Rock
• Protected Status:

  Grade:
  Ref No.:	1007707
  Title:	Round cairn
  Type:	Scheduled Monument

• Monument Type:
  • Marker Cairn? (Post Medieval to 20th century (post-war))
  • Round Cairn? (Bronze Age)
• Civil Parish:
  • Ratlinghope , South Shropshire, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SO 3672 9848
• Related Interventions:
  • 2003-2004 Stiperstones Hills Archaeological Survey by SCCAS, ESA5405
  • 1992-2000 Summary Condition Survey of SAMs in the Shropshire Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area by English Heritage, esa4785
• Brief Description: Scheduled Monument: One of a group of burial cairns of probable Bronze Age date on the Stiperstones, this one is unusual in its use of the natural rock stack as a setting.
• Description: The monument includes the remains of a substantial round cairn sited on the summit of Stiperstones, a narrow north to south orientated ridge of high ground. The cairn is visible as a circular mound 12m in diameter and 1.6m high surmounting a steep sided outcrop of rock. The fabric of the cairn comprises unweathered angular blocks of the same rock as the outcrop itself making differentiation between natural clitter and the cairn body difficult. The central area of the cairn has been disturbed forming a circular hollow 3m in diameter and 0.5m deep. There is no ditch associated with the mound, the material for the monument's construction being collected from the slopes of the outcrop on which it stands <1>
  
  Rough drystone cairn built on rubble patch- unlikely to be ancient. 6m diameter x 1m high <3>
  
  The Stiperstones Survey identified numerous other cairns of possible prehistoric origin on the main Stiperstones ridge: if ancient (the Survey report also raises the possibility that it may be recent), this cairn forms part of this group. In fair condition <4>
  
  Visited during a condition survey by the English Heritage Field Monument Warden, in 1999. Condition recorded as satisfactory. <5>
• Record Type: Monument
• Sources:

  (00)	Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04643.
  (01)	Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1994. Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 04/02/1994). 19116.
  (02)	Field survey report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2004. The Stiperstones Hills Archaeological Survey: assessment report and updated research design. SCCAS Rep. 231.2.
  (03)	Geospatial data: Hannaford Hugh R & Fradley Michael. 2005. The Stiperstones Hills Archaeological Survey: GIS datasets. Stiperstones Hills Archaeological Survey. ArcView/ ArcGIS.
  (04)	Field survey report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2006. The Stiperstones Hills Archaeological Survey: a report for land management purposes. SCCAS Rep. 238 - 3. p18, 19.
  (05)	Field survey report: Leigh Judith. 2001. Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Shropshire Hills ESA: Brief Condition Survey.

• Tags:
  • Round Cairn
  • Marker Cairn
• Related Places:
  • Ratlinghope, South Shropshire, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Created: 15/03/1994
• Date Last Edited: 16/03/2017 11:12:02