Hemstone Rocks Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Photo taken on 25-07-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64852 83850
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6729
Megalithic Portal: 52522
PMD: Hemstone Rocks
Alternate name: Hemstone Rocks N.2
Short Name: CT Hemstone N2
Butler map: 35.7.2
Dixon Cist #: 148
Grinsell: LYDFORD 17a
Turner: D9
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 6.2
Lidar: SX 64852 83850
Guide Map: 19
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (5.1 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 64852 83850
Notes
There are 3 cairns in the vicinity and they are according to Newman [2013] impossible to match up with the old reports. These cairns were excavated by Baring-Gould in 1900. A flint flake was found in the cist. There is also a rectangular pit in this cairn which could be from the 1900 excavation. See also: MDV48854. DNP Site 8F. Butler Hemstone Rocks N. 1 - Vol. 2. Map 35.7. Central cist. Next to Turner Platform Circle E12.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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Seventh Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.33 pp.130-138 (1901)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2013)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)