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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Raddick Hill Cist Alternative Name: Raddick Hill North; Dixon 117; Butler Raddick Hill Summit 3 (V3 46.6); Grinsell Walkhampton 15
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Princetown  Nearest Village: Whiteworks
Map Ref: SX57937116
Latitude: 50.522930N  Longitude: 4.005561W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5
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Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn and cist in Devon

Information about Raddick Hill Cist comes from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW), where it features in their "Sharpitor Area Stone Rows and Cists" walk. Their notes say this is "one of a group of 4 cairns. Excavated by Burnard in 1899 - a small piece of corroded bronze, possibly a knife, was found. This almost perfect cist is now obscured by vegetation". Also see PDW's entry for the Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists.

Further information can be found on Pastscape, Monument Number 440088, which tells us that this is the third of the cairns identified by Burnard, which he said had been disturbed but gave no further details. Currently this cairn is as follows: It has an overall diameter of 12.0m and 1.2m. high with no visible kerb or similar feature. It appears to be a platform cairn with an originally flat top 8.0m across which now incorporates an off centre excavation hollow and an infilled trench from the north east side towards the centre. The trench seems to have been cut from the top and not through the side of the cairn." Field investigators comments in 2007 report: A fine turf-covered cairn situated at the head of a shallow dry valley below Hart Tor with impressive distant veiws in most directions. Much of the well-constructed cist with part of its capstone in situ is visible in the enviscerated core of the 1.5m high stony mound."

This cairn is also recorded as MDV4947 (Platform cairn 60 metres north of Raddick Hill summit) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1007418 (Platform cairn 60m north of Raddick Hill summit).
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Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist with Cramber Tor on the hill in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist, The Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist, The pit at the top of the cairn and a dog (Vote or comment on this photo)

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist, The pit on top of the cairn

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist, The cist within the cairn

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Bladup : Raddick Hill Cairn and Cist

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by davep : The Riddick Hill Cist from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Photograph taken 22nd July 2019.

Raddick Hill Cist
Raddick Hill Cist submitted by Anne T : The Raddick Hill platform cairn and cist submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.

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 205m NE 45° Cramber Cairn* Cairn (SX58087130)
 211m SSW 210° Raddick Hill Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX57827098)
 417m NW 316° Raddick Hill North* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57657147)
 577m NNW 333° Hart Tor south row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX57687168)
 579m NNW 337° Hart Tor South Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX57727170)
 592m NNW 337° Hart Tor North circle* Stone Circle (SX57717171)
 605m NW 321° Hart Tor SW Cairn* Cairn (SX57567164)
 608m NNW 329° Hart Tor north rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX57637169)
 854m NW 314° Black Tor Outcrop* Rock Outcrop (SX57337177)
 857m N 10° Hart Tor.* Rock Outcrop (SX58107200)
 877m W 268° Stanlake Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57057115)
 879m WNW 289° Black Tor (Meavy)* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX5710271463)
 888m S 190° Raddick Lane Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57757029)
 891m SSE 148° Crazy Well Cross* Ancient Cross (SX58387039)
 960m W 281° Black Tor Stone Row Cairns (Stanlake)* Cairn (SX5699071370)
 970m SSW 205° Raddick Lane Cairn* Cairn (SX57507029)
 1.3km N 9° Hart Tor North prehistoric settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5818572466)
 1.3km SW 228° Stan Lake Platform Cairn Circle Cairn (SX56917028)
 1.4km W 281° Leeden Tor* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5652271474)
 1.5km WSW 257° Stanlake Cist* Cist (SX5641670852)
 1.6km N 8° Hart Tor North ring cairn* Ring Cairn (SX5819872694)
 1.6km WSW 255° Sharpitor NE (2) Stone Row / Alignment (SX564708)
 1.6km W 259° Leeden Tor South Cairn* Cairn (SX56327089)
 1.7km SSE 162° Down Tor North East (Northern)* Cairn (SX5838869568)
 1.7km SSE 163° Down Tor North East (Western)* Cairn (SX5838669565)
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