Leather Tor Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 13-09-2020

OS Map: SX 56325 69524
OS Source: Google
HER record: 3434
Megalithic Portal: 34457
PMD: Cross Gate
Alternate name: Leather Tor S.
Short Name: CT:Leather Tor
Butler map: 45.17
Dixon Cist #: 61
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 25
Turner: E20
DPD page: 23
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 54
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX56336952
Notes: "A cist, consisting of two side stones and an end stone, contained within a barrow surrounded by a 16ft 6 ins diameter Kerb circle." Butler Leather Tor S. - Vol. 3. Map 45.17 (diagram p.52).
Nearby sites: SX56336952

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)