Hentor Farm Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 16-06-2018
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Hentor & Shavercombe Brook Cists
OS Map: SX 59089 65792
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV12744
Megalithic Portal: 45774
PMD: Hen Tor Meadow
Alternate name: Hentor Farm
Short Name: CT Hentor Farm
Dixon Cist #: 114
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 48
Turner: E45
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3 x 0.15
Lidar: SX 59089 65792
Nearby sites: SX 59089 65792
Notes
"A slight cairn with retaining circle, enclosing a cist aligned SSE-NNW, near the junction of Shavercombe Lake and River Plym." Turner has "central cist". Not listed by Butler (relevant map Vol. 3. Map 49.22).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.
- 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)