Archerton Tennis Ground Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 05-09-2019
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 57. TDA Vol.70 1938
Database entries
OS Map: SX 63852 78872
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5839
Megalithic Portal: 37599
PMD: Archerton Tennis Court
Alternate name: Archerton
Short Name: CT Arch Tennis
Butler map: 27.18
Dixon Cist #: 74
Grinsell: LYDFORD 45
Turner: E49
DPD page: 114
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 57
Dimensions (m): 0.95 x 0.85 C
Lidar: SX 63852 78872
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Post Office (0.9 km) [Route: 98,171]
Nearby sites: SX 63852 78872
Notes
Lethbridge diagram p.112, photo top p.114. Butler Archerton - Vol. 2. Map 27.18.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Burnard, Robert, Early Man, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 (1906)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Prowse, Arthur B., The Ancient Metropolis of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.23 pp.307-14 (1891)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 57, T.D.A. Vol.70 pp.59-62 (1938)