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<< Our Photo Pages >> Plym Steps - Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 05 October 2016  Page Views: 1522

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plym Steps Alternative Name: Butler Langcombe Brook 8 (V3 50.3); Grinsell Shaugh Prior 4; Turner D22; Dixon 6
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: Whitworks
Map Ref: SX60426710
Latitude: 50.487040N  Longitude: 3.968938W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Plym Steps
Plym Steps submitted by Anne T : Plym Steps Ring Setting Cairn and cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Devon

This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website as the Plym Steps Ring Setting Cairn and Cist, although it gives a slightly different grid reference of SX60436711 to that of Pastscape (15 metres apart). Also see PDW's page for the Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists

Further information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 441684, which tells us that this is "a well preserved cist at Plym Steps, Langcombe. The sides stand partly above ground, although traces of the covering barrow are distinctly visible. The cover stone rests on one of the long sides, and partly overhangs the cist. Length, east side, 2 feet 5 inches; west side, 2 feet 9 inches. Width, south end, 1 foot 1 inch; north end, 1 foot 11 inches; depth to floor, 2 feet. A low turf covered cairn situated on a west slope at about 370m OD. It has a diameter of 4.0m and a height of 0.3m with six spaced stones protruding around the perimeter. The central cist has a reclining cover stone with its east side buried in the ground

This site is also recorded as MDV5133 (Cist in the Parish of Shaugh Prior) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1012790 (Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps).

The sites sits within a rich landscape of other cairns and cists.
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Plym Steps
Plym Steps submitted by Bladup : Plym Steps cairn and cist. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plym Steps
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Plym Steps
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SX6067 : Langcombe Brook at Plym Steps by Tony Atkin
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