Ranny Brook Cist
Photo taken on 30-06-2015
OS Map: SX 62616 63543
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 4270
Megalithic Portal: 14987
PMD: Ranny Brook Head
Alternate name: Ranny Brookhead
Short Name: CT Ranny Brook
Butler map: 52.10
Dixon Cist #: 90
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 12
DPD page: 66
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 64 68 69 71
Dimensions (m): 1.0 x 0.7 C
Lidar: SX62626354
Notes: "Three sides of the grave are still in place; the third has been turned back and lies parallel to its original position. To the south of the cist, and about a foot away from the nearest point of the buried side-stone, lies the displaced coverstone. This stone has a greatest length of four feet and a greatest width of two feet six inches". Sides of cist sunken below surface. Lethbridge p.66. diagram p.65 Cist 2.Butler Ranny Brook Head - Vol. 3. Map 52.10 (diagram p.186).
Nearby sites: SX62626354
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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.
- Ormerod, George Wareing, Letter: Drewsteignton Cromlech, Antiquary Vol.3 pp.91-92 (1881)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 64, T.D.A. Vol.77 p.55 (1945)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 68, T.D.A. Vol.81 pp.53-55 (1949)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 69, T.D.A. Vol.82 pp.45-48 (1950)