<< Our Photo Pages >> Childe’s Tomb - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Childe’s Tomb Alternative Name: Grinsell Lydford 96; Turner E33; Dixon 94Country: England
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County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown
Map Ref: SX62577030
Latitude: 50.516310N Longitude: 3.939827W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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ChasDrown visited on 1st Jun 1956 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 1
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This started life as an ancient kerbed burial cairn with central cist, but has since been Christianised with a cross as a marker for the “monks path” across the moor, if the legend of Childe is not believed. It has been modified many times, with the current cross on top dating from 1885.
Part of the circular kerb structure (diameter 5 metres) is thought to be original, as is perhaps the large cist within, but now hidden under the large granite structure built over the top. It is still used to this day, as when I visited, there was an urn containing ashes placed within the tomb.
Update August 2019: This site is featured on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) - see their entry for the Childe's Tomb Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, which tells us this is a much disturbed cairn, " 9m in diameter and 0.3m high with a modern 'kerb' of blocks and slabs, 5.8m in diameter and 0.5m high, set upon the mound. At the centre is a well built cist 1.4m long, 0.5m wide and 0.6m deep. Over this is a two tier pedestal of eight well trimmed blocks, of three different lengths; a further half buried block lies S of the monument. Upon this is a replacement socket stone and cross, cut at Holne in 1885".
Childe's Tomb is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443322, which adds that "it is said to now include some original material and stands in its original location".
The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes a record for MDV48907 (Childe's tomb cairn and cist, Dartmoor Forest).
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