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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sittaford Tor Cairn Alternative Name: Turner D25; Butler Sittaford Tor S Cairn 3 (V2 34.3)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Frenchbeer / Postbridge
Map Ref: SX6346182650
Latitude: 50.627518N Longitude: 3.931803W
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 with cist in Devon. Information about this site, the Sittaford Tor Ring Setting Cairn and Cist, came from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes tell us: "this mutilated kerbed cairn is situated on a peat-covered moorland slope below Sittaford Tor at 488m OD. It measures about 5m in diameter and comprises a probably (hidden) central cist set within twin concentric kerbs of granite slabs.
Further information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 623397, which adds that "there is a central semi-recumbent slab 1.6 meters by 0.25 meters which may cover a cist and other protruding boulders. An inner kerb of granite has further stone slabs up to 0.75 meters high. The inner ring is 2.8 meters in diameter.
The cairn is also recorded as MDV21894 (Kerbed cairn and cist 635 metres south-west of The Grey Wethers) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1018711 (Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers).
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