Moor Barton (site of) Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 785 843
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV5589
HER 2026 URL: MDV5589
PMD: Moor Barton
Alternate name: Moor Barton (site of)
Short Name: CT:Moor Bart1
Grinsell: MORETONHAMPSTEAD 6
Exist: No
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 60
Dimensions (m): 14
Lidar: SX 785 843
Nearest Bus Stop: Lustleigh Eastwrey Barton Hotel (2.0 km) [Route: 178,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 785 843
Notes
There is an entrenched work at morebarton (in moreton), where a large barrow was opened circa 1840. Contained a cist of 6 great stones, a spearhead of copper, two rivets, a glass bead and a small stone amuletReferences
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.
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Pilkington-Rogers, C. W., The Date of the Dartmoor Antiquities, T.D.A. Vol.64 pp.379-388 (1932)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 60, T.D.A. Vol.73 pp.51-59 (1941)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 4, T.D.A. Vol.14 (1882)