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Dartmoor Site: Chittleford Hill Reported Cairn

Chittleford Hill Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 725 754
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV7469
Alternate name: Chittleford Hill
Short Name: CN:Chittlefo1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: NMR
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 725 754
Guide Map: 37
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Widecombe in the Moor Car Park (2.1 km) [Route: 271]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (3.9 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 725 754

Notes

Possible site of a Neolithic barrow found in the field walls by the roadside near the top of Chittleford Hill. A very large orthostat, or shiner (sic), standing here which may have been a capstone. Nearby fields called "Shelstone Lay" point to the existence of a cromlech. Also the walls of the field contain a large number of very large slabs and pillar-like stones such as might have formed a megalthic tomb.

References

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