Guide to the Monuments on Princetown
Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Princetown
Table of Round Houses on Princetown
Princetown Guide Map
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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Princetown
Blackbrook (Prowse) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 60500 73840
NMR record: SX 67 SW 18
HER record: MDV6247
PMD: Blackabrook W.
ShortName: CT?Blackbroo3
Notes: Prowse, A. B., 1901, The Antiquities of Ockery and Roundhill. An imperfect ring of stones five yards in diameter, which must at some time have encircled a kisvaen. Doubtful!
Nearby sites: SX60507384
Littaford Tor E Cist
OS Map: SX 61846 76717
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV-1
PMD: Littaford Tor E.
ShortName: CT Littaford2
Notes: Radcliffe: "Long axis approx W-E . Stones visible on N ,E and S sides and some stone could be felt under grass on W side. Approx. 1m x 0.5m x 0.5m depth internally. No obvious sign of cairn mound. No obvious stonecutting in vicinity. TAP Greeves (pers. comm.) "
Nearby sites: SX61857672
Blakey Tor Cairn
OS Map: SX 61150 73730
NMR record: SX 67 SW 199
HER record: MDV18419
PMD: Blakey Tor
ShortName: CN:Blakey To1
Notes: Radcliffe, doubtful cist: Possibly the cairn referred to in an English Heritage Report and by Fletcher and Dunn in "Patterns of the Past", at SX 6115 7373, as a cairn having a "shallow depression in its top".
Nearby sites: SX61157373
Oakery (SE of ) 1 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59754 74111
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3792
ShortName: CNxOakery (S1
Grinsell: LYD 69
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59757411
Oakery (SE of ) 2 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59764 74105
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3793
ShortName: CNxOakery (S2
Grinsell: LYD 70
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59767411
Oakery (SE of ) 3 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59767 74096
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3794
ShortName: CNxOakery (S3
Grinsell: LYD 71
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59777410
Oakery (SE of ) 4 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59792 74070
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3795
ShortName: CNxOakery (S4
Grinsell: LYD 72
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59797407
Oakery (SE of ) 5 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59797 74066
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3796
ShortName: CNxOakery (S5
Grinsell: LYD 73
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59807407
Oakery (SE of ) 6 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59815 74055
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV3797
ShortName: CNxOakery (S6
Grinsell: LYD 74
Notes: 6 post-medieval stone heaps
Nearby sites: SX59827406
Crockern Tor N.W.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 61262 75987
NMR record: SX 67 NW 152
HER record: MDV52777
ShortName: CN Crockern 2
Nearby sites: SX61267599
Blakey Tor (E) Cist
OS Map: SX 61312 73558
NMR record: SX 67 SW 10
HER record: MDV6245
Megalithic Portal: 28869
PMD: Blakey Tor E.
Alternate name: Blakey Tor E. Cist
ShortName: CT BlakeyTor E
Butler map: 65.4
DPD page: 102
Grinsell: LYD 85
Barrow Report: 31 47
Notes: "A reed-filled cist is set well into the cairn on a NNW-SSE axis. The intact chamber measures internally 0.95m long, a maximum 0.65m wide and 0.45m deep; the longest side slab is 1.4m by 0.3m by 0.45m and largest end slab 0.55m by 0.2m by 0.4m. The coverstone against the NW side of the cist is roughly oval in shape and measures 1.7m by 1.3m and a maximum 0.25m thick." Lethbridge diagram p.102 Cist(B), photo p.102. Butler Vol. 4. Map 65.4 (diagram p.232).
Nearby sites: SX61317356
Blackabrook, South Cist
OS Map: SX 60524 73860
NMR record: SX 67 SW 18
HER record: MDV6254
Megalithic Portal: 45679
PMD: Blackabrook
Alternate name: Round Hill S.E.1 Cist
ShortName: CT Blackabrk S
Butler map: 65.3.1
DPD page: 103
Grinsell: LYD 80
Barrow Report: 31 44
Notes: "This cist with its displaced capstone lies on the edge of the river bank. Vestiges of the small surrounding cairn are now hidden under the turf. The chamber of the cist measures 1.25m by 0.55m and about 0.5m deep; the capstone is 1.5m long, 1.1m wide and 0.15m thick. The south stone has fallen outwards." Lethbridge p.103 diagram Black Brook Cist(A), photo p.103. Butler Round Hill S.E. 2. - Vol. 4. Map 65.3 (diagram of cists alongside the Blackbrook pp.230-1).
Nearby sites: SX60527386
Blackabrook, West Cist
OS Map: SX 60522 73867
NMR record: SX 67 SW 18
HER record: MDV6253
Megalithic Portal: 45679
PMD: Blackabrook NW.
Alternate name: Round Hill S.E.2 Cist
ShortName: CT Blackabrk W
Butler map: 65.3.2
DPD page: 104
Grinsell: LYD 81
Barrow Report: 31 44
Notes: "The reed-filled cist is approximately 1.0m by 0.7m and about 0.2m deep. Peat has accumulated around the sides of the slabs but a few stones evident on the SW side may be part of a robbed cairn." Lethbridge p.103 diagram Black Brook Cist(B), photo p.104. Butler Round Hill S.E. 1 - Vol. 4. Map 65.3 (diagram of cists alongside the Blackbrook pp.230-1).
Nearby sites: SX60527387
Blackabrook, East Cist
OS Map: SX 60528 73873
NMR record: SX 67 SW 18
HER record: MDV6252
Megalithic Portal: 45679
PMD: Blackabrook E.
Alternate name: Round Hill S.E.3 Cist
ShortName: CT Blackabrk E
Butler map: 65.3.3
DPD page: 104
Grinsell: LYD 82
Barrow Report: 31 44
Notes: "A well defined cist which has two stones supporting the slabs in the SE corner. The chamber measures 0.95m by 0.85m and about 0.4m deep. A turf-covered stony spread around the cist may be part of a robbed cairn." Lethbridge p.103 diagram Black Brook Cist(C), photo bottom p.104. Butler Round Hill S.E. 3 - Vol. 4. Map 65.3 (diagram of cists alongside the Blackbrook pp.230-1).
Nearby sites: SX60537387
Roundhill SW (N) Cist
OS Map: SX 60916 74160
NMR record: SX 67 SW 15
HER record: MDV6248
Megalithic Portal: 45680
PMD: Roundhill SW 2
Alternate name: Round Hill S.2 Cist
ShortName: CT RoundhillS2
Butler map: 65.1.5
DPD page: 106
Grinsell: LYD 76
Barrow Report: 31
Notes: Northern of a pair of cists. Butler Round Hill S. 3. (Cairn 6) - Vol. 4. Map 65.1 (p.227-9 general plan of diagram of Round Hill cairns p.228). LYDFORD 75. "A turf-covered cairn, slightly spread on the northern side, measuring 5.0 meters by 4.8 meters and 0.5 meters in height. An almost centrally placed upright slab, 0.6 meters long and 0.13 meters wide and a large slab at the foot of the mound could both be part of a disturbed cist. There is no evidence of a kerb". Lethbridge diagram p.103, photo bottom p.106.
Nearby sites: SX60927416
Roundhill, East of Summit Cist
OS Map: SX 61164 74413
NMR record: SX 67 SW 12
HER record: MDV6257
Megalithic Portal: 45681
PMD: Round Hill E.
Alternate name: Round Hill Summit 2 Cist
ShortName: CT Roundhill 2
Butler map: 65.1.2
DPD page: 105
Grinsell: LYD 79
Barrow Report: 31 44
Notes: "A well preserved cist, situated on a slight east-facing slope just off the crest of a rounded hilltop. It stands in isolation on a generally stone-free area of rough moorland pasture. The side slabs are each 1.2m long and up to 0.3m thick and the end slabs are 0.55m long, 0.15m wide and 0.4m long, 0.1m wide respectively. The coverstone is up to 1.6m long, 0.9m wide and 0.2m thick. There are no surface indications of either a cairn or mound around the cist." Lethbridge p.103 diagram Cist(B), photo bottom p.105. Butler Round Hill Summit 2 (Cist 2) - Vol. 4. Map 65.1 (p.227-9, diagram of Round Hill cairns p.228).
Nearby sites: SX61167441
Round Hill Summit 3 Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 61110 74470
NMR record: SX 67 SW 4
HER record: MDV6256
PMD: Round Hill NE.
ShortName: CT?Roundhill 3
Butler map: 65.1.3
Notes: Alledged cist and stone row asdescribed by Prowse 1901. No significant features can be identified in this area.
Nearby sites: SX61117447
Roundhill, Near Summit Cist
OS Map: SX 61046 74428
NMR record: SX 67 SW 3
HER record: MDV6217
Megalithic Portal: 45682
PMD: Round Hill Summit W.
Alternate name: Round Hill Summit 1 Cist
ShortName: CT Roundhill 1
Butler map: 65.1.1
DPD page: 105
Grinsell: LYD 78
Barrow Report: 31 44
Notes: Butler Round Hill Summit 1 - Vol. 4. Map 65.1 (p.227-9, diagram of Round Hill cairns p.228). Lethbridge p.103 diagram Cist(A), photo top p.105.
Nearby sites: SX61057443
Round Hill S.1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 60990 74150
NMR record: SX 67 SW 13
HER record: MDV6372
ShortName: CN?RoundhillS1
Butler map: 65.1.4
Grinsell: LYD 77
Nearby sites: SX60997415
Round Hill S.E.4 Cairn Circle & Cist
OS Map: SX 60630 73960
NMR record: SX 67 SW 16
HER record: MDV6250
PMD: Roundhill Leat
ShortName: CN:RoundhilSE4
Butler map: 65.3.4
Grinsell: LYD 83
Notes: Prowse 1901. Cairn with retaining circle. Remnant of a small cairn enclosing portions of two kists side by side, level with the surface and nearly filled up with soil. Note - cists no longer visible.
Nearby sites: SX60637396
Holmingbeam Cup Stone
OS Map: SX 59488 75233
NMR record: SX 57 NE 64
HER record: MDV12807
Megalithic Portal: 10606
ShortName: CS Holmingbeam
DPD page: 107
Notes: "Mortar stone of uncertain date incorporated into the eastern boundary wall of Long Plantation. It was formerly, erroneously, recorded as a cup-marked stone." The stone is upside down in wall by road side and has the figure 18 painted on it. Lethbridge diagram and photo p.107
Nearby sites: SX59497523
Oakery Bridge E. (6) Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 59700 74000
NMR record: SX 57 SE 56
HER record: MDV-1
ShortName: CNxOakery Br1
Butler map: 65.3
Notes: LYD 69-74. Clearance cairns? See individua listings -this record is a duplicate in that it refers to all of them.
Nearby sites: SX59707400
North Hessary Tor 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57877 74224
NMR record: SX 57 SE 90
HER record: MDV5015
ShortName: CN:North Hes1
Butler map: 44.9.1
Grinsell: WAL 8
Nearby sites: SX57887422
North Hessary Tor 2 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 57780 74320
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?North Hes2
Butler map: 44.9.2
Notes: Butler: "A more likely xample of a burial cairn lies about 100m downhill [from the North Hessary Tor summit cairn] to the north, a very disurbed mound beside the road ". No entry in NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX57787432
North Hessary Tor 3 Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 57800 74200
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
PMD: Hessary Tor
ShortName: CT?North Hes3
Butler map: 44.9.3
Grinsell: B:WAL 36
Notes: Dilapidated cairn 'remarkable for beign double kisted' (Bate 1871). Grinsell doubtful site. Could be HER 5015, see also WAL 8. Butler suggests that Bate was possibly referring to the rather confused structure of the Yellowmead cist well down the western slopes (Butler Vol 3 p.33).
Nearby sites: SX57807420
Littaford Tor Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 61430 76490
NMR record: SX 67 NW 153
HER record: MDV52778
ShortName: CN Littaford1
Butler map: 29.1
Notes: A large granite slab lies the W side and a boulder is exposed just N of the centre. These may be part of a distroyed cist, but the boulder is very irregular and looks like a natural stone in situ around which the cairn may have been built.
Nearby sites: SX61437649
Blakey Tor (W) Cist
OS Map: SX 61240 73551
NMR record: SX 67 SW 11
HER record: MDV6244
Megalithic Portal: 45772
PMD: Blakey Tor W.
Alternate name: Blakey Tor W. Cist
ShortName: CT BlakeyTor W
Butler map: 65.4
DPD page: 103
Grinsell: LYD 84
Notes: "The incomplete cist is oriented NW-SE. It measures about 0.85m long, 0.4m to 0.55m wide and 0.25m deep internally. The upright W side slab is 0.9m by 0.2m by 0.25m and the surviving end slab is 0.4m by 0.2m by 0.25m. The E side is formed by a flat-sided boulder which is c. 1.1m long, at least 0.6m thick and 0.25m high. The SE side is open. The coverstone is 1.7m by 0.7m by 0.4m and leans against the W side of the cist." Lethbridge diagram p.102 Cist(A), photo top p.103. Butler Blakey Tor W. - Vol. 4. Map 65.4 (diagram p.232).
Nearby sites: SX61247355
Round Hill (LYD 79a) Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 61230 74400
NMR record: SX 67 SW 5
HER record: MDV6219
ShortName: CN?Round79a
Grinsell: B:LYD 79a
Notes: Ditched mounds believed to be pillow mounds of rabbit warren c 18/19. See also duplicate HER record 54366.
Nearby sites: SX61237440
Round Hill (LYD 79b) Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 61550 74210
NMR record: SX 67 SW 8
HER record: MDV6239
ShortName: CN?Round79b
Grinsell: B:LYD 79b
Notes: Ditched mounds believed to be pillow mounds of rabbit warren c 18/19
Nearby sites: SX61557421
Round Hill (LYD 79c) Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 61710 74200
NMR record: SX 67 SW 8
HER record: MDV6240
ShortName: CN?Round79c
Grinsell: B:LYD 79c
Notes: Ditched mounds believed to be pillow mounds of rabbit warren c 18/19
Nearby sites: SX61717420
Beardown Farm Cist
OS Map: SX 60400 75400
NMR record: SX 67 NW 86
HER record: MDV5974
Megalithic Portal: 45789
PMD: Beardown Farm
ShortName: CTxBeardown Fm
Grinsell: LYD 46
Notes: The site is believed to have been destroyed many years ago Bray 1879 (included in listing as 130 in Grinsell list). Area is covered in Butler Vol 2 Map 29. "The remains of a cist surrounded by a rough pavement was examined by Mr Bray in September 1832 'two or three minutes walk north east of Beardown House' (at SX 604 754). Three stones of a four foot long cist stood six inches above ground level. A small piece of coarse pottery was found inside."
Nearby sites: SX60407540
Round Hill E. Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 61700 74200
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV6240
ShortName: CNxRoundhil1 E
Nearby sites: SX61707420
Blackbrook 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 60230 73870
NMR record: SX 67 SW 20
HER record: MDV6288
ShortName: CN:Blackbroo1
Notes: In area of tin working.
Nearby sites: SX60237387
Blackbrook 2 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 60060 73920
NMR record: SX 67 SW 21
HER record: MDV6289
ShortName: CNxBlackbroo2
Grinsell: B:LYD 80a
Notes: Remains of a small tumulus (prowse). There is no evidence of a cairn in this area.
Nearby sites: SX60067392
Thornworthy 2 Cist
OS Map: SX 59015 73471
NMR record: SX 68 SE 48
HER record: MDV6613
Megalithic Portal: 15453
PMD: Thornworthy
ShortName: CT Thornworth2
Butler map: 35.22
Butler Vol 5: p.64 & Fig.42
DPD page: 137
Grinsell: CHA 3
Turner: E39
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Located at the High Moorland Visitor Centre at Princetown. There were two cists at Thornworthy and both were excavated. This record refers to the second slightly smaller cist. This was removed after the excavation and re-erected at Torquay Museum. The cist is located in the Jack Wigmore Garden (also known as the Dartmoor Conservation Garden). It can be accessed from the ballroom of the Visitors Centre or alternatively by walking a very short distance down from the mini roundabout outside the centre down the Yelverton Road (Plymouth Hill). A gate on the right hand side behind the visitors centre gives access to the garden. See also: Thornworthy Cist. Butler Vol. 2. Map 35.22 p.169, see also diagram Vol. 5. p.64.
Nearby sites: SX59027347
Bachelor's Hall Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 60426 73665
NMR record: SX 67 SW 261
HER record: MDV18392
PMD: Bull Park
ShortName: CT-Bachelor'1
Notes: Greeves cairn and cist. Supposed cairn & cist poss natural feature. As can be seen in the photo this looks more like a natural feature.
Nearby sites: SX60437367
Roundhill SW (S) Cist
OS Map: SX 60910 74140
NMR record: SX 67 SW 15
HER record: MDV6249
Megalithic Portal: 52683
PMD: Roundhill SW 1
Alternate name: Round Hill S.3 Cist
ShortName: CT RoundhillS3
Butler map: 65.1.6
DPD page: 106
Grinsell: LYD 75
Barrow Report: 31 44
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
Crockern Tor Cist
OS Map: SX 61414 76055
NMR record: SX 67 NW 151
HER record: MDV57569
Megalithic Portal: 45816
PMD: Crockern Tor
Alternate name: Crockern Tor N.W. Cist
ShortName: CT CrockernTor
Butler Vol 5: p.32 & Fig.11
DPD page: 110
Notes: "Remains of a small cairn with cist on a moderate W slope in open grassland at SX 61407604 overlooking the West Dart in Crockern Newtake. It has been robbed heavily, leaving only one cist slab and fragments of the cairn material. The slab is restangular in side view and in section, firmly embedded on edge, measuring 1.2m long 0.48m high and 0.15m thick. It is aligned NW to SE." Butler Vol 5 p. 32. Lethbridge diagram and photo p.110.
Nearby sites: SX61417606
Round Hill Summit 4 (site of) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 61046 74422
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV6238
PMD: Blackabrook (Possible Stone Row)
ShortName: CT?Roundhill 4
Notes: Duplicate of HER 6256? Cist noted (prowse). Vis=not visible on raf photos (rchm app 1985). Vis=2/9/1950 (os) no trace of this feature found.
Nearby sites: SX61057442
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