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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle and Cist Alternative Name: Turner E28; Grinsell Lydford 39; Chittaford Down 3Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Postbridge
Map Ref: SX6368779463
Latitude: 50.598927N Longitude: 3.927439W
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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This cairn circle and cist is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website as the Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle and Cist.
It is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442516, which tells us the cairn is located on a slight plateau on a north east facing slope in an area of grss and boulder strewn grassland. " It is visible as a turf covered stony mound, 7.8m in diameter and 0.5m height and seems only slightly disturbed. A few stones are visible around the periphery but no true kerb."
The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1021330 (Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton).
The Devon & Dartmoor HER also includes and entry for this site - see MDV5932 (Cairn with cist on Chittaford Down).
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2.0km SSE 155° Lakehead Hill E* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6449577603)
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