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Dartmoor Site: Stannon Little Newtake Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Stannon Little Newtake Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Stannon Little Newtake Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Photo taken on 19-07-2023

Stannon Little Newtake Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 57. TDA Vol.70 1938

Database entries

OS Map: SX 65464 81068
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6616
Megalithic Portal: 37598
PMD: Stannon Newtake
Alternate name: Stannon Newtake E.
Short Name: CT Stannon New
Butler map: 35.21.1
Dixon Cist #: 72
Grinsell: LYDFORD 29
Turner: D16
DPD page: 124
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 57
Dimensions (m): 3.9 x 0.3 C
Lidar: SX 65464 81068
Nearby sites: SX 65464 81068

Notes

"Cairn survives as a 4.5 metre diameter mound up to 0.5 metres high. The western edge is denoted by a kerb of edge set slabs up to 1.15 metres high. The eastern edge is beneath a later boundary bank. A cist in the centre is a rectangular pit 1.2 metres by 0.5 metres denoted by edge set slabs". Butler Stannon Newtake E. - Vol. 2. Map 35.21 (diagram p.168).

References

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