Riddon Ridge S. Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66780 76269
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5986
PMD: RHR Stone
Alternate name: Riddon Ridge S.
Short Name: CT:Riddon 4
Butler map: 18.2.9
Grinsell: LYDFORD 67
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 9.5 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 66780 76269
Guide Map: 35
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Bellever (2.2 km) [Route: 98]
Nearby sites: SX 66780 76269
Notes
Known as the RHR stone. HER: A turf-covered cairn situated near the crest of the south-eastern slope of Riddon Ridge. It measures 8.4m north to south by 10.0m and stands to a maximum 0.9m high. There is no obvious trace of a kerb. Much stone is visible protruding through the turf and an amorphous hollow is situated slightly west of centre. A recumbent slab inscribed with the letters 'RHR' lies in the latter. The hollow possibly marks the site of an unrecorded excavation or it is the result of erosion around the originally upright inscribed stone..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)