Plym Steps Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Photo taken on 04-06-2016
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists
OS Map: SX 60427 67110
OS Source: Google
HER record: 5133
Megalithic Portal: 45659
PMD: Langcombe Brook 8
Alternate name: Langcombe Brook 8
Short Name: CT Plym Steps
Butler map: 50.3.8
Dixon Cist #: 6
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 4
Turner: D22
DPD page: 44
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 19
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.2 C
Lidar: SX60436711
Notes: Central cist. Butler Langcombe Brook 8 (Cairn 8)- Vol. 3. Map 50.3 (pp.148-54 general plan of Langcombe Brook cairns p.151, diagram of Langcombe cists p.153). Lethbridge p.44 Langcombe Cist B - diagram p.43
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Chudleigh, J, An Exploration of Dartmoor's Antiquities, (1892)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 19, T.D.A. Vol.32 pp.46-54 (1900)