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Dartmoor Site: Stalldown (W) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Stalldown (W) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Stalldown (W) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 30-06-2015

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 62833 62327
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV13234
Megalithic Portal: 45791
PMD: Stall Moor W.
Alternate name: Stalldown W.11
Short Name: CT Stalldown W
Butler map: 54.18.11
Dixon Cist #: 133
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 11c
Turner: E30
DPD page: 67
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7.0 x 0.8 C
Lidar: SX 62833 62327
Nearby sites: SX 62833 62327

Notes

"This small round cairn, diameter 5.7 to 6.4m, height 0.5m, is built of small boulders ... It contains a cist, the south side stone, 1.2m long, both end stones, 0.4m long ...On the south side of the cairn 3 large stones, 0.8m to 1.0m long and set on edge are the probable remains of a kerb". Lethbridge pp.65-67. diagram p.65 Cist 4, photo p.67. Butler Stalldown W. (Cairn 11) - Vol. 4. Map 54.18.11 (p.61-2 diagram p.62).

References

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