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Dartmoor Site: Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 17-03-2025

Database entries

OS Map: SX 65203 89798
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV13020
PMD: Forder Brook
Alternate name: Throwleigh Common 6
Short Name: CT:Throw 6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 1.5 x 0.25 C
Lidar: SX 65203 89798
Guide Map: 8
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Throwleigh Cross (2.5 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (3.4 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 65203 89798

Notes

Round cairn. Diameter 6.4 metres, height 1 metre. Cist 0.6 metres wide, oriented north-south. Central pit 1.5 metres by 1.1 metres by 0.25 meters deep. Situated on downslope edge of a natural terrace. Three edge set stones lying parallel to each other are exposed in the central pit. The two eastern ones may represent the edges of a cist with a length or width of 0.6 metres. A number of edge set stones around the edge represent a kerb. Gorse covered. NOTE: NMR gives location as SX 6519 8978.

The overgrown feature in the photo from 17/03/2025 is possibly this feature but it is a considerable distance from the NMR grid reference. That is located at SX 65203 89798

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