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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upper Spanish Lake Alternative Name: Lee Moor (Upper Spanish Lake); Grinsell Shaugh Prior 31; Dixon 89Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Lee Moor
Map Ref: SX58546445
Latitude: 50.462772N Longitude: 3.994419W
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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The small round cairn is 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, Source: This cairn and cist, Lee Moor (Upper Spanish Lake) Cist, is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website. T
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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126m SSE 160° Spanish Lake Cairns* Cairn (SX58586433)
171m N 352° Spanish Lake Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX58526462)
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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 N 355° Ditsworthy Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX58456580)
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)
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