<< Our Photo Pages >> Drizzlecombe Cist 6 - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Drizzlecombe Cist 6 Alternative Name: Giant's Basin Cist; Giant's Basin Foot; Grinsell Sheepstor 33dCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Lee Moor
Map Ref: SX5918366955
Latitude: 50.485441N Longitude: 3.986309W
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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Anne T visited on 15th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Giant's Basin Cist (Drizzlecombe Cist 6): This cist was pointed out to me by Dave Parks and Sandy G, but I only seem to have one photograph of it, although I remember standing over it and taking photos from different angles. Perhaps I've got muddled up with all the other wonderful stone settings and cairns in the area. A brilliant area to visit. So much to see, all in very close proximity.
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There is a capstone 1.8 m by 1.2 m sitting on top of a broken box, which is now three side set slabs, probably two side slabs and a single end stone.
Update July 2019: This cist is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438623, which calls this 'an alleged cist' as there are some disputes as to its origin/construction (some sources consider it may be a natural feature). It is also recorded as part of the scheduling information for Historic England List ID 1014155. The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes a record for this cist; see MDV3373 (Cist near Giant's Basin cairn).
This cist is also featured on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, Giant's Basin (near) Cist. Butler, in his "Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities", Volume 3, page 137 adds: "“Twenty four metres to the south of cairn 1 is the Giant’s Basin Cairn, 5 (22x4m) with huge central hollow but still retaining a good bowl shape, and between the two are the probably remains of a cist, 6. A large slab, very likely the capstone, is propped over two uprights in the position of endstones, but the sides have gone as have all traces of the mound”.
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