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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hollowcome Cairn and Cist Alternative Name: Rowtor Brooke 3; Archerton SW Ring Setting Cairn & CistCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Tavistock
Map Ref: SX62757879
Latitude: 50.592658N Longitude: 3.940421W
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 |
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Cist in Devon
A 6m diameter cairn with a central cist of three large stone slabs. For more information see Pastscape monument no. 442531.
This site also features on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Archerton S.W. (Rowtor Brook) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist. PDW tells us: "The cist lies within three concentric circles of stones at 10, 15 and 24 feet diameters, the inner ring being of large stones, the middle ring of smaller stones and the outer ring of even smaller stones. The cist measures internally 0.8m by 0.6m and 0.9m deep. Half of its capstone lies across its north end", and also gives a link to the Devon & Dartmoor HER for more information.
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