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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ranny Brookhead Cist Alternative Name: Grinsell Cornwood 12; Dixon 90; Butler Ranny Brook Head (V3 52.10)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Cornwood
Map Ref: SX62616354
Latitude: 50.455561N Longitude: 3.936777W
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 cist itself is rectangular, about 1 metre long by 0.4 metres wide, and still has four side slabs in place. There is no sign of any cairn or surrounding kerb.
Does exactly what it says on the tin. Cist.
Update November 2019: This cist is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Ranny Brook Cist, which tells us that "Three sides of the grave are still in place; the third has been turned back and lies parallel to its original position. To the south of the cist, and about a foot away from the nearest point of the buried side-stone, lies the displaced coverstone. This stone has a greatest length of four feet and a greatest width of two feet six inches".
The cist is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442243, and as MDV4270 (Cist 150 metres north of Ranny Brook, Stall Moor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. Whilst the cist is shown on the Historic England map search, there is no scheduling or listing information for this site.
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