Roundhill SW (S) Cist

Photo taken on 04-06-2016

OS Map: SX 60910 74140
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 6249
Megalithic Portal: 52683
PMD: Roundhill SW 1
Alternate name: Round Hill S.3
Short Name: CT RoundhillS3
Butler map: 65.1.6
Dixon Cist #: 158
Grinsell: LYDFORD 75
DPD page: 106
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 31 44
Dimensions (m): 4.8 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX60917414
Notes: Southern of a pair of cists. "Small turf-covered cairn with an open cist in the centre. Diameter of cairn 4.0m. Height 0.5m. The cist is practically buried under the turf now. Internal dimensions 0.85m x 0.5m. The capstone is 1.1m x 0.8m rests on the north side of the cairn. Condition of cairn and cist - fairly good. Orientation of the long axis of the cist is WNW-ESE." Lethbridge diagram p.103, photo top p.106. Butler Round Hill S. 2. (Cairn 5) - Vol. 4. Map 65.1 (p.227-9 general plan of diagram of Round Hill cairns p.228).
Nearby sites: SX60917414

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.

• Prowse, Arthur B., The Antiquities of Ockery and Roundhill, T.D.A. Vol.33 pp.495-499 (1901)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 31, T.D.A. Vol.44 pp.83-5 (1912)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 44, T.D.A. Vol.57 p.71 (1925)