Hentor Warren Reported Cist

Database entries

OS Map: SX 59023 65597
OS Source: Garmin
Alternate name: Hentor Warren
Short Name: CT-Hen Tor N10
Butler map: 49.22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 59023 65597
Nearby sites: SX 59023 65597

Notes

Possible cist reported by Sam Goodwin. This site is close to the ruins of Hentor Warren House. The structure has the appearance of being a Bronze Age site but it is situated in close proximity to a jumble of remains from the historic period including buildings and walls. Site visited by the author and Sam on 16/06/2018. This particular slab has a cavity below it which is large enough for a dog to shelter in. On top of the slab is a thick layer which could represent remains of a cairn.

UPDATE 16/01/2019. This site is described as a "cooler" in Eric Hemery's High Dartmoor on p.21 photo 19. "A cupboard recess or chamber used for cool-storage of foodstuffs" (p.33). See also p.39 photo 39 and p.200 for "Mother Nicholl's Book -place" - another cupboard recess within the walls of Hentor Warren House.

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.3: The South-West, (1994)
• Hemery, Eric, High Dartmoor: Land and People, (1983)