<< Our Photo Pages >> Leather Tor - Cist in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leather Tor Alternative Name: Grinsell Walkhampton 25; Turner E20; Dixon 61; Bulter Leather Tor S (V3 45.17); Cross Gate CairnCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX5631869522
Latitude: 50.507815N Longitude: 4.027655W
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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Catrinm visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Right on the footpath and now surrounded by a fence with gate. Can't miss it
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Update November 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Leather Tor Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, which tells us this is: "A cist, consisting of two side stones and an end stone, contained within a barrow surrounded by a 16ft 6 ins diameter kerb circle".
The cairn and cist are also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438516, as MDV3434 (Cairn and Cist 190 metres east of Cross Gate, Walkhampton) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1008652 (Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate).
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