Goldsmith's Cross E.2. Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Photo taken on 15-08-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 61804 70321
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6342
Megalithic Portal: 42707
PMD: Fox Tor Mires cairn
Alternate name: Goldsmith's Cross E.2
Short Name: CT GoldsmithE2
Butler map: 64.5.2
Dixon Cist #: 113
Grinsell: LYDFORD 95
Turner: D23
DPD page: 95
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 2.5 C
Lidar: SX 61804 70321
Guide Map: 39
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (5.5 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 61804 70321
Notes
"West end stone of cist leans slightly inwards, otherwise a perfect cist measuring 0.75m NW-SE by 0.5m wide by 0.4m deep. Retaining circle of 7 stones averaging 0.4m high. No coverstone or barrow". Lethbridge diagram p.93, photo bottom right p.95 and on p.96. Turner D23 (Fox Tor Mire) - Proc Devon Arch Soc 48 (diagram p.45). Butler Goldsmith's Cross E. 2 - Vol. 4. Map 64.5 (Cairn 2 - diagram p.221).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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)