<< Our Photo Pages >> Roundhill Summit - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Roundhill Summit Alternative Name: Round Hill Summit W; Butler Round Hill Summit 1 (V4 65.1); Dixon 36; Grinsell Lydford 78Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Two Bridges
Map Ref: SX61057443
Latitude: 50.553070N Longitude: 3.962794W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cist in Devon
This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website as the Roundhill Near Summit Cist.
Further information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 443241, which describes a cist and two possible stone rows, although in this record no details are given of the stone rows. The cist is "a slight mound, five yards across, with a few of its ringstones left, and in the centre a kistvean 9 feet 3 inches long, by 2 feet, by 2 feet. Long axis WNW and ESE. The north-west side slab in alignment. The displaced cover stone is 4 feet 6 inches wide by 3 feet 9 inches .... two stones of the retaining circle one showing above the turf, one on the north side and one on the east. Diameter of retaining circle is circa 5.0m. There are traces of a slight mound around the cist but it has been partly despoiled by adjacent turf-cutting."
The cist is also recorded as MDV6217 (Cist in the parish of Dartmoor Forest) on the Devon and DartmoorHER.
The Portal has a site record for the Roundhill Alignment/Stone Row, posted back in 2002, but has no further details. Would you be able to help with information?
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