<< Our Photo Pages >> Deadman's Bottom D - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deadman's Bottom D Alternative Name: Deadman's Bottom S 10; Langcombe Brook 10;Grinsell Shaugh Prior 10; Turner E44; Dixon 55Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Whiteworks
Map Ref: SX60966673
Latitude: 50.483843N Longitude: 3.961193W
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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Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website as one of a number of cairns, cists and hut circles in the area of land between Plym Steps, Erme Head, Langcombe Head, and Shavercombe Head, Deadman's Bottom D Cairn Circle and Cist is described as "cist (listed as 'D' by Worth) found at Deadman's Bottom Langcombe, by Mr Button. Internal dimensions, length 3 feet 8 inches, width 2 feet. The stones are barely visible above grass level. The cover stone is missing." ... "The cairn is 5m in diameter by 0.3m high with a retaining kerb on its northern side. The cist is 0.8m long b 0.7m wide."
Further information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 441670, which tells us this cist is "situated on a west slope at about 390 metres OD .... there are unsurveyable traces of an associated cairn possible 5.0m in diameter and 0.1 metres in height."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV5086, adds that this cist is the westernmost of two cairns south east of Deadman's Bottom and dates it from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age (4000 BC to 701 BC).
The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1012292 (Cairn with a cist, the western one of two between Langcombe Brook and Deadman's Bottom).
Also see PDW's summary page for their Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists, which lists all the cairns, cists and ring settings in this area, complete with grid references and links to their corresponding Portal site pages.
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