Hentor Warren (Shavercombe) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 13-08-2017
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 20. TDA Vol.33 1901
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Hentor & Shavercombe Brook Cists
OS Map: SX 59632 65777
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV3492
Megalithic Portal: 45662
PMD: Hen Tor Warren 4
Alternate name: Hen Tor N.4
Short Name: CT Hen Tor N 4
Butler map: 49.22.4
Dixon Cist #: 12
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 29
Turner: E47
DPD page: 50
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 12 20
Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX 59632 65777
Guide Map: 49
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (6.0 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 59632 65777
Notes
"On the slope north of Hen Tor at 395.0m OD is the remains of a cairn with a cist. The cairn measures 5.6m in diameter and 0.6m in height with a few stones of a cairn circle 3.2m in diameter remaining on the west side. The cist is 1.2m by 0.4m and 0.5m deep with a coverstone 1.6m by 1.1m at its maximum." Lethbridge p.50 Shavercombe Cist C - diagram p.49. Butler Hen Tor Cairn 4- Vol. 3. Map 49.22 (general plan of Hen Tor with diagram of cists pp.146-7).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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- 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, The Moorland Plym, T.P.I. Vol.10 Part 3 p.294 (1890)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 20, T.D.A. Vol.33 pp.104- 146 (1901)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 12, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.49-52 (1890)