Guide to the Monuments on Cut Hill

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Cut Hill

Cut Hill Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Cut Hill

Cut Hill Stone Row

OS Map: SX 59871 82756
NMR record: SX 58 SE 84
HER record: MDV69604
Megalithic Portal: 25916
The Stone Rows of GB: Cut Hill
PMD: Cut Hill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Cut Hill
DPD page: 130
Notes: Discovered in 2004. Prehistoric stone row of 6-7 large granite slabs near the summit of Cut Hill. All the slabs are recumbent with one buried. The row is thought to date back earlier than 3,500BC. For more information, see: Cut Hill, Dartmoor (phase 3), Stone row chronology and landscape change, HER MDV69604 and Legendary Dartmoor
Nearby sites: SX59878276

Cut Hill Cist

OS Map: SX 59819 82707
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV134402
ShortName: CT Cut Hill
Notes: "Potential early Bronze Age cist feature noted on Cut Hill in 2021. Charcoal from the site have been radiocarbon dated and the samples were dated to 1881 - 1698 cal BC (3831 - 3648 cal BP). Subsequent pollen analysis has confirmed likely prehistoric origins for this feature, which is not of natural origin, as well as noting the construction of the feature took place at a time when the local area was characterised as open heath-type vegetation."

This site was excavated in August 2024 and the contents of the cist have been removed to be analysed at the Wiltshire Consevation Centre in Chippenham. Even with an accurate grid reference it is difficult to now see this feature as it was covered over after the excavation. The PDW author visited the site on 12th October 20024 a few weeks after the feature had been covered over and signs of the excavation could still be seen in the main photo above.

There is great coverage of the Cut Hill cist in Dartmoor News No.196 Sep/Oct 2024. Paul Rendell has kindly given permission for one of the photos showing the cist before it was covered over to be reproduced here.
Nearby sites: SX59828271

Cut Hill Cairn

OS Map: SX 59823 82745
NMR record: SX 58 SE 84
HER record: MDV69603
Megalithic Portal: 47078
PMD: Cut Hill
ShortName: CN Cut Hill
DPD page: 130
Notes: "Barrow c20m overall diameter on the top of 'Cut Hill' at 603m OD was observed during a field visit by Tom Greeves in 2004. The 1.5m high circular mound has a military range pole set in it & surface erosion has exposed a turf/peat core with a few stones. The surrounding ditch is over 1m wide & nearly filled with waterlogged vegetation." For more information, see: Prehistoric Society - Past No. 47 and Prehistoric Society - Past No. 47. The date and context of a stone row:Cut Hill, Dartmoor, south-west England. The HER gives the OS grid reference as SX 5992 8275 which is almost 100 metres to the east. The photo here shows a modern walkers cairn on top of the feature. This did not exist in 2013 when the author last visited.
Nearby sites: SX59828275

Fur Tor Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 57830 83050
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV66000
ShortName: CT:Fur Tor
Notes: Cairn with cist approx 1km w of fur tor.
Nearby sites: SX57838305