<< Our Photo Pages >> Blackabrook - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blackabrook Alternative Name: Blackabrook South; Blackabrook West; Blackabrook EastCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Two Bridges
Map Ref: SX60527386
Latitude: 50.547821N Longitude: 3.970058W
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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Sitting within 20-30 metres of each other and featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website are Blackabrook South Cist at grid reference SX60527386, Blackabrook West Cist at grid reference SX60527387, and Blackabrook East Cist at grid reference SX60537387.
Further information on all three cists can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 443283 Blackabrook Cists. Their historical information makes reference to both 4 cists or 3 cists at the same site.
More details can be found on the Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor website: HER number MDV54385, HER number MDV6253, and HER number MDV54386. The cists are dated from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age (4000 BC to 701 BC).
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