Yar Tor (Money Pit) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 15-07-2016

OS Map: SX 68181 73865
OS Source: Google
HER record: 6460
Megalithic Portal: 1369
PMD: Money Pit
Alternate name: Money Pit
Short Name: CT Money Pit
Butler map: 14.11
Butler Vol 5: p.23 & Fig.4
Dixon Cist #: 69
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 21
Turner: E51
DPD page: 122
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 56 62
Dimensions (m): c3.2, cist 1.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX68187387
Notes: "The south cairn is a very spread and slight earthwork with a centrally placed cist. Only the north and west side slabs of the cist remain in situ though a misplaced slab lies to one side of the chamber. Eleven slabs forming a kerb of approximately 3m surrounding the cist remain in situ. Several additional stones survive, protruding just above the surface of the flattened cairn, which are likely to be evidence of an outer circle with a diameter of approximately 11m". Lethbridge diagram p.122 and photo bottom p.122. Butler Money Pit - Vol. 1. Map 14.11 (photo on p.92, diagram pp.125-6).
Nearby sites: SX68187387

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, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Retaining circles associated with stone rows Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.73 pp.227-38 (1941)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 62, T.D.A. Vol.75 pp.53-55 (1943)