<< Text Pages >> Bellever Tor 8 - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bellever Tor 8 Alternative Name: Black Newtake East 5; Black Newtake (E) No 5; Black Newtake E 5Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Two Bridges
Map Ref: SX63847572
Latitude: 50.565321N Longitude: 3.923906W
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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Ruined cairn and possible cist in Devon
This site, Black Newtake (E) No. 5 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist, is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website and is part of their "Lakehead Hill Walk". Their notes tell us that "this (the Black Newtake) area is very overgrown and apart from some mounds it is difficult to locate the cairns."
Further information on this cairn with possible cist can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 442660, which says this is the "ruins of a cist within a ruined mound and the remains of a 20 ft diameter retaining circle." and that the site sits "on a slight southern slope (in moorland) at 365m OD .... a single stone is set on the edge on the north west perimeter. In the centre of the cairn, which has been disturbed, there is a stone, 0.4m long, possibly the end of a stone cist."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV5950 dates the cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC). HER also says this cist has an alternative name is "cairn 8 south-west of Bellever Tor", although this has not yet been added to the alternative list of names.
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