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Dartmoor Site: Sharpitor (N) or Peek Hill Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Sharpitor (N) or Peek Hill Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Sharpitor (N) or Peek Hill Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 25-05-2015

Sharpitor (N) or Peek Hill Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Plan by CEBD. Barrow Report 72. TDA Vol.88 1956

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55839 70693
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV3769
Megalithic Portal: 1246
PMD: Peek Hill
Alternate name: Sharpitor N.
Short Name: CT Peek Hill
Butler map: 45.12
Dixon Cist #: 103
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 21
Turner: E41
DPD page: 22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 72
Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.2 C
Lidar: SX 55839 70693
Nearby sites: SX 55839 70693

Notes

Bar Rep. 72 (TDA Vol 88 p.222). Butler Sharpitor N. - Vol. 3. Map 45.12 (diagram p.45 & photo p.84).

Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belong to the Dixon estate. Reproduced here with kind permission.

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.

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