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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hentor 7 Alternative Name: Hentor (Shavercombe); Grinsell Shaugh Prior 20; Butler Hen Tor 7Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX59816588
Latitude: 50.475929N Longitude: 3.977073W
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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Cairn and cist in Devon
Information about this cairn with the remains of a cist - Hentor (Shavercombe) Cist - comes from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW). Their notes say: "The oval cairn is 7.5m by 6.5m and 0.9m high with some kerbing. An amorphous hollow occupies the centre of the mound and a single sidestone of the cist remains in situ". Also see PDW's Guide to the Hentor & Shavercombe Brook Cists.
The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument Number 438794, which adds that this site is on the eastern side of Shavercombe Brook at approximately 395.0m OD.
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV3491 (CAIRN in the Parish of Shaugh Prior) which records that there are traces of a retaining kerb. They date the cairn and cist as being Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age (4000BC to 701BC). It is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1012173 (Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook).
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