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<< Our Photo Pages >> Upper Spanish Lake - Cist in England in Devon

Submitted by Anne T on Saturday, 15 October 2016  Page Views: 1283

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upper Spanish Lake Alternative Name: Lee Moor (Upper Spanish Lake); Grinsell Shaugh Prior 31; Dixon 89
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: Lee Moor
Map Ref: SX58546445
Latitude: 50.462772N  Longitude: 3.994419W
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
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
0no data
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Upper Spanish Lake submitted by davep : The Lee Moor (Upper Spanish Lake) Cist from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Photograph taken 23rd June 2017. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn and cist in Devon

Part of a group of cairns which are very close together, this cairn and cist, Lee Moor (Upper Spanish Lake) Cist, is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website. Their notes tell us: "A small round cairn, 5.0m. diameter and 0.5m. high, on a gentle, well drained, clitter strewn, west facing slope at 355m. above OD. It is built of small boulders, now turf covered, and a cist lies within the cairn on the south-east side. The cist comprises the side and end stones, measures internally 0.7m. by 0.6m. wide, and is aligned on a grid bearing of 130o. The cover-stone is missing".

More details can be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 439118, which says this disturbed, turf covered feature is "on a gentle, well drained, clitter strewn, west facing slope at 355m. above OD. It is built of small boulders, now turf covered, and a cist lies within the cairn on the south-east side. The cist comprises the side and end stones, measures internally 0.7m. by 0.6m. wide, and is aligned on a grid bearing of 130o. The cover-stone is missing."

The cairn is also recorded as MDV2495 (Cairn on Lee Moor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1018357 (Two round cairns 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor).
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX5864 : On the way to Hen Tor - Dartmoor by Richard Knights
by Richard Knights
©2006(licence)
SX5864 : Settlements on Lee Moor by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2012(licence)
SX5864 : Stream on Lee Moor by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2009(licence)
SX5864 : Remains of farmstead by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
©2009(licence)
SX5864 : View towards Great Trowlesworthy Tor by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2012(licence)

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 759m SSW 191° Hanging Stone (Lee Moor)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX58376371)
 789m SSW 192° Lee Moor South* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5835963682)
 804m NNW 332° Willing Walls Warren Ring Cairn Ring Cairn (SX58186517)
 815m NNW 335° Willing Walls Reave Ring Cairn (SX58226520)
 823m NNW 339° Willing Walls Warren Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5826665227)
 927m NNW 342° Lee Moor (Willings Walls) Cist* Cist (SX58286534)
 967m S 171° Shell Top Chambered Cairn* Cairn (SX58666349)
 1.0km WSW 241° Trowlesworthy East circle* Stone Circle (SX57656398)
 1.0km W 268° Trowlesworthy Tor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57506445)
 1.1km WSW 238° Trowlesworthy* Barrow Cemetery (SX57606390)
 1.1km W 273° Trowlesworthy Tor north settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5745064540)
 1.1km WSW 243° Trowlesworthy West circle* Stone Circle (SX57556398)
 1.1km SW 234° Trowlesworthy East row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX57626383)
 1.2km S 175° Lee Moor Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX586633)
 1.2km WSW 244° Trowlesworthy West row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX57466397)
 1.2km WSW 244° Trowlesworthy West enclosure* Ring Cairn (SX57436394)
 1.3km N 351° Ditsworthy Circle* Cairn (SX58376570)
 1.3km SE 139° Shell Top South West* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX59386344)
 1.4km ESE 117° Shell Top Platform Cairn Circle Cairn (SX5976163799)
 1.4km NW 315° Legis Tor Ossuary* Cist (SX5757365470)
 1.4km WNW 281° Trowlesworthy Warren Cairn (SX57156477)
 1.4km ESE 114° Shell Top Cairn Circle Ring Cairn (SX5983063830)
 1.4km NNE 21° Hentor Farm* Cairn (SX5908965792)
 1.5km NNE 28° Hentor 1* Cist (SX59256572)
 1.5km NW 315° Legis Tor East* Cairn (SX57496554)
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