Nine Stones, Belstone Cairn Circle

Photo taken on 09-06-2013

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Nine Maidens Cairn Circle, Belstone Tor
OS Map: SX 61232 92849
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6865
Megalithic Portal: 535
PMD: The Nine Stones
Alternate name: Nine Stones
Short Name: CC Nine Stones
Butler map: 40.13
Grinsell: BELSTONE 1
Turner: G23
DPD page: 156
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 21 42
Dimensions (m): 7.2 x 0.6
Lidar: SX 61232 92849
Guide Map: 2
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Belstone Car Park (1.7 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Belstone Tongue End Cross (2.3 km) [Route: 178,670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 61232 92849

Notes

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.

• Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
• Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
• Chudleigh, J, An Exploration of Dartmoor's Antiquities, (1892)
• Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
• Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
• Prowse, Arthur B., Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.185-199 (1890)
• Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 42, T.D.A. Vol.55 pp.49-50 (1923)