Roundy Park, Postbridge Cist
Photo taken on 14-07-2013
OS Map: SX 63920 79669
OS Source: Google
HER record: 5935
Megalithic Portal: 26041
PMD: Roundy Park
Alternate name: Roundy Park
Short Name: CT Roundy Park
Butler map: 27.4
Butler Vol 5: p.22 & Fig.3
Dixon Cist #: 15
Grinsell: LYDFORD 40
DPD page: 113
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 21
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.3 C
Lidar: SX63927967
Notes: One of the largest cists on Dartmoor. Discovered in August 1893 by Robert Burnard, who was responsible for the restoration of the grave. Lethbrdige diagram p.112, photo p.113. Butler Vol. 2. Map 27.4 (diagram of location p.41, diagram of site Vol. 5 p.22)
Nearby sites: SX63927967
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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.
- Burnard, Robert, Dartmoor Pictorial Records, (1986)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)