Roundhill SW (S) Cist
Photo taken on 04-06-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 60910 74140
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6249
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: SX 60910 74140
Guide Map: 34
Nearest Bus Stop: Two Bridges Hotel (1.2 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 60910 74140
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).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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- 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)