Outholme Newtake Cist

Photo taken on 16-08-2009

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Yellowmead and Drizzlecombe
OS Map: SX 57993 68278
OS Source: Google
HER record: 4024
Megalithic Portal: 45730
PMD: Outcombe
Alternate name: Outholme Newtake
Short Name: CT OutholmeNew
Butler map: 47.10
Dixon Cist #: 54
Grinsell: SHEEPSTOR 2
DPD page: 30
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 52
Dimensions (m): 0.9 x 0.9 C
Lidar: SX57996828
Notes: "Located in an isolated pocket of closely cropped grass and surounded by tinners pits. Only three slabs survive in place surrounding a hollow and forming the sides of the cist. The fourth side is missing as is the capstone and any trace of a mound." Lethbridge Outcombe (note different spelling) Cist p.30. Butler Vol. 3. Map 47.10 (diagram p.70).
Nearby sites: SX57996828

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.

• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 52, T.D.A. Vol.65 pp.83-85 (1933)