Harrowthorn (North of) Cist

Photo taken on 30-06-2015

OS Map: SX 62446 62645
OS Source: Google
HER record: 4269
Megalithic Portal: 45746
PMD: Harrowthorn Plantation
Alternate name: Coombe Brook N.E.
Short Name: CT Harrowthorn
Butler map: 52.11
Dixon Cist #: 83
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 15
DPD page: 66
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 58
Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.5 C
Lidar: SX62456265
Notes: "A cist lies 700 yards north of Harrowthorn Plantation and a few feet west of the track from Watercombe Moorgate to Ranny Brook. Only the two side stones and the eastern end stone remain. The structure is unusual in that the southern side
stone is an earth fast boulder, an approximately vertical face of which forms a side of the cist." Lethbridge p.66. diagram p.65 Ranny Brook Cist 3. Butler Coombe Brook N.E. - Vol. 3. Map 52.11. Located 200m due east up hill of the Coome Brook enclosure.
Nearby sites: SX62456265

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 58, T.D.A. Vol.71 pp.69-71 (1939)