Hameldon Cist

Photo taken on 19-08-2017

OS Map: SX 71008 78345
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 7519
Megalithic Portal: 16636
PMD: Hamel Down S.
Alternate name: Hamel Down S.
Short Name: CT Hameldon
Butler map: 20.15
Butler Vol 5: p.178 & Fig.120
Dixon Cist #: 60
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 7
DPD page: 129
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 54
Dimensions (m): c.10.0 x 0.5 C
Lidar: SX71017835
Notes: Precise location originally unsurveyed but given approximately by Worth as SX 71257908. This may explain the large discrepancy between the NMR position and that given by Butler and in the HER. Three sides of the cist are visible with the fourth having sunken below the earth. The capstone is incomplete and only partly covers the cavity. Lethbridge diagram p129 and photo top p.129. Butler Hamel Down 15 (S) - Vol. 1. Map 20.15 (Cairn 15 p.149, diagram Vol 5. p.178).
Nearby sites: SX71017835

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 54, T.D.A. Vol.67 pp.77-80 (1935)