<< Our Photo Pages >> Stannon Newtake cist - Cist in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stannon Newtake cist Alternative Name: Grinsell Lydford 29; Turner D16; Dixon 72; Butler Stannon Newtake (V2 35.21)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Postbridge
Map Ref: SX65468105
Latitude: 50.613602N Longitude: 3.902977W
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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TheCaptain visited on 3rd May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2 Walk north over Merripit Hill and on via Stannon Newtake to look for this cairn with cist, which is easily found. The cist is a bit overgrown and I can only see one side of it, but the surrounding semi circle of large stones is in fine condition.
Update December 2019: This cist is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Stannon Little Newtake Ring Setting Cairn and Cist.
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443801, as MDV6616 (Cairn 570 metres north-east of Stannon Farmstead) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1021339 (Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor).
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