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

Photo taken on 25-05-2015

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55839 70693
OS Source: Google
HER record: 3769
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: SX55847069
Notes: Bar Rep. 72 (TDA Vol 88 p.222). Butler Sharpitor N. - Vol. 3. Map 45.12 (diagram p.45 & photo p.84).
Nearby sites: SX55847069

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.

• Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, (1990)
• Davidson, C. & Seabrook, R., Stone rings on south-east Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
• Dixon, C.E.B., Barrow Report 71, T.D.A. Vol.85 pp.176-177 (1953)
• Dixon, C.E.B., Barrow Report 72, T.D.A. Vol.88 pp.222-224 (1956)
• Fox, Aileen, 20th Report on Archaeology and Early History, T.D.A. Vol.85 pp.171-2 (1953)
• Newman, Phil, An Archaeological Survey of an area of Walkhampton Common, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2019)
• Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)
• Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 3, T.D.A. Vol.26 pp.296-307 (1894)