Merrivale double row B (centre) Encircled Cairn and Cist
Photo taken on 25-07-2010
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Merrivale Complex
OS Map: SX 55442 74779
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 14796
Megalithic Portal: 3389
PMD: Merrivale S row
Alternate name: Merrivale double row 2 centre
Short Name: CT MerrivaleB
Butler map: 44.8.2
Dixon Cist #: 142
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 4
Turner: F20
DPD page: 17
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3.3 x 0.3 C
Lidar: SX55447478
Notes: Butler Merrivale double row 2, (centre) - Vol. 3. Map 44.8.1 (diagram p.27). Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX55447478
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Bray, Anna Eliza, The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, vol.1, (1836)
- Kempe, Account of some Monuments conjectured to be British, still existing upon Dartmoor, Archaeologia 22 pp.429-35 (1829)
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Page, John Lloyd Warden, An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities, with some account of its borders, (1889)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Retaining circles associated with stone rows Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.73 pp.227-38 (1941)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)