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Dartmoor Site: Down Tor N.E. (Eastern) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Down Tor N.E. (Eastern) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Down Tor N.E. (Eastern) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 06-09-2014

Down Tor N.E. (Eastern) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Plan by CEBD. Barrow Report 73. TDA Vol.90 1958

Database entries

OS Map: SX 58397 69562
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV3499
Megalithic Portal: 52347
PMD: Down Tor N 3
Alternate name: Hingston Hill N.3
Short Name: CT DownTorNE E
Butler map: 47.13.3
Dixon Cist #: 109
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 29
Turner: E34
DPD page: 27
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 73
Dimensions (m): 4.2 x 0.6 C
Lidar: SX 58397 69562
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (4.0 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 58397 69562

Notes

Butler Hingston Hill N. 3. - Vol. 3. Map 47.13.3 (diagram p.73 OS SX58396955). Grinsell WALKHAMPTON 29 (OS 58276949 approx - same as HER MDV3499). Lethbridge p.27 Cist No.1.

Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belongs 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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