Cator Common Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67118 77510
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5987
Megalithic Portal: 45793
PMD: Pizwell Bridge
Alternate name: Pizwell Bridge
Short Name: CT CatorCommon
Butler map: 18.5
Butler Vol 5: p.171 & Fig.110
Dixon Cist #: 136
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 2
Turner: E10
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c.5.0 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 67118 77510
Guide Map: 28
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Bellever (2.1 km) [Route: 98]
Nearby sites: SX 67118 77510
Notes
"Pizwell Bridge cairn of circa 5m diameter by 0.5m high is to be found about 10m below the road in an unusual position near the base of the hill. Three retaining slabs form an arc around one side with another just under the turf. The top of a slab near the centre with a pit alongside might be one side of a cist. ". Butler Pizwell Bridge Vol. 1. Map 18.5 (diagram Vol 5. p.171). Possible central cist.The author tried to locate this on the 21st Sept 2024. It can be seen from the road in the distance by a small tree but it is not on public access land and the area has a high fence surrounding it. The photo used here was taken by Bill Radcliffe in 1995 and is reproduced with his 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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- 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)