<< Our Photo Pages >> Deadman's Bottom Cists - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deadman's Bottom CistsCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge / Princetown Nearest Village: Sheeptor / Lee Moor
Map Ref: SX6071167027 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.486453N Longitude: 3.964811W
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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Two cisted grave cairns, All elements of the two cisted graves appear to be present, The Southern cist has a cairn circle around it, The Northern cist is on the edge of a cairn. At the East and West of the cists are small enclosures.
Update September 2019: The Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website includes an entry for the Embanked Cairn Circle at SX 60711 67027 - see their pages for
Deadman's Bottom Embanked Cairn Circle (aka Deadman's Bottom 1, Turner B1);
Deadman's Bottom, North Cist (aka Deadman's Bottom N1, Lancombe Brook 2; Dixon 8, Grinsell Shaugh Prior 7), and
Deadman's Bottom, South Ring Setting Cairn and Cist (aka Deadman's Bottom N2, Langcombe Brook 1, Turner D12, Dixon 7, Grinsell Shaugh Prior 8).
Also see PDW's page for Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists for a list of all the cists, cairns and ring settings around this location, complete with links to their equivalent Portal site pages.
These cairns and cists are also recorded as:
Pastscape Monument No. 441726
Pastscape Monument No. 441673; and
Pastscape Monument No. 441697.
The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes entries for these sites. See:
MDV12410 (RING CAIRN in the Parish of Shaugh Prior),
MDV5120 (Cist in the Parish of Shaugh Prior), and
MDV5119 (Cist in the Parish of Shaugh Prior).
These cairns are also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1016145 (A prehistoric settlement with cairns and a historic tin mill, streamwork and buildings lying adjacent to the Langcombe Brook).
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