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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Doe Tor Alternative Name: Doe Tor East Cist; Grinsell Lydford 12; Dixon 17Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Lydford
Map Ref: SX54388485
Latitude: 50.645090N Longitude: 4.060973W
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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Can be found by walking from the Dartmoor Inn not far from Lydford. This cist is on the slopes of Doe Tor. It consists of 3 remaining slabs, one side stone 1.3 m long and two end stones. Butler Doe Tor E - Vol. 2. Map 32.21 (diagram Vol. 5. p.198). Grinsell LYDFORD 12.
Update September 2019: This cist is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entry for the Doe Tor Cist.
The cist is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440667, which tells us: "The cist measures 0.76m square and the cairn is 5.8m by 5.4m and a maximum 0.6m high". The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes more information; see: MDV3251 (Cairn with cist east of Doe Tor, Lydford).
The round cairn and cist is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1011232, which adds: "This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle east-facing slope of Doe Tor overlooking the valley of the Walla Brook …. This cairn was partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905. This work revealed that the cist had been robbed previously and the only find was a small fragment of charcoal. A possible capstone measuring 1m long by 0.7m wide lies immediately east of the cairn mound".
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