Legis Lake Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 05-06-2016
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 29. TDA Vol.42 1910
Database entries
PDW coverage: Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks
OS Map: SX 56595 65762
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4030
Megalithic Portal: 34131
PMD: Legis Lake
Alternate name: Ringmoor Down 2
Short Name: CT Ringmoor 2
Butler map: 49.21.2
Dixon Cist #: 27
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 20
Turner: E32
DPD page: 36
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 29
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.3 C
Lidar: SX 56595 65762
Guide Map: 47
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (3.4 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 56595 65762
Notes
Lethbridge Brisworthy Cist p.34-36. Diagram p.34 site 5. Butler Ringmoor Down 2 - Vol. 3. Map 49.21 (diagram p.145).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.
- Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, (1990)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape - A new survey , Southwest Landscape Investigations (2022)
- 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 29, T.D.A. Vol.42 pp.62-3 (1910)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 31, T.D.A. Vol.44 pp.83-5 (1912)