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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Down Tor Cist Alternative Name: Grinsell Walkhampton 26; Dixon 93; Butler Down Tor SouthCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX58046929
Latitude: 50.506150N Longitude: 4.003298W
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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Catrinm visited on 13th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Takes a bit of finding but got there in the end. Near to the circular enclosure on the lower slopes of Down Tor.
Lying some 600 metres to the west of Down Tor Cairn, this site is featured on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks as Down Tor Cist.
Pastscape Monument Number 438538 describes this site as: "a small cairn of diameter 4.3m and height 0.3m containing the remains of a cist. This cist measures 1.6m by 0.9m externally, 1.0m by 0.6m internally and has a depth of 0.6m. It consists of two sidestones. one endstone and a displaced coverstone measuring 1.8m by 0.9m. It is orientated east-west .... on the southern slope of Down Tor at 33.5m OD .... on a shelf below the Tor rocks."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV3423 dates the cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC) and adds that the cist is orientated almost east-west.
The cairn and cist are scheduled as Historic England List ID 1008642 (Round cairn 100m south of Down Tor).
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