Riddon Ridge S.E. Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6695 7635
OS Source: Constructed
PMD: Riddon Ridge 1
Alternate name: Riddon Ridge S.E.
Short Name: CT:Riddon 3
Butler map: 18.2.8
Grinsell: LYDFORD 67a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 33
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 6695 7635
Guide Map: 35
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Bellever (2.3 km) [Route: 98]
Nearby sites: SX 6695 7635
Notes
Butler: A few small set stones show around the edge of another [cairn] at 8 (5 x 0.4m) It appears to be untouched, too small to attract the attention of casual diggers. It is, however, approximately in the position of the cairn excavated by R. Burnard in 1914, who may have carefully replaced the stones he removed. His cairn was more compact before excavation (3.7 x 0.8) so if it is the same his restoration has allowed considerable spread. To his surprise, Burnard was not the first to investigate it, but he was still able to recover part of a pot, a flint, pieces of quartz and some charcoal contained within a stone-lined pit at the centre.. See Barrow Report 33. No specific HER entry but mentioned on MDV129868.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 33, T.D.A. Vol.46 pp.93-4 (1914)