Sheepstor Brook Ford 4 Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 58195 67426
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV132198
PMD: Sheepstor Brook
Alternate name: Sheepstor Brook Ford 4
Short Name: CT:Sheepstor4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 2.7 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 58195 67426
Guide Map: 48
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (4.9 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 58195 67426
Notes
HER: Three small cairns lie on a gentle south-west facing slope at around 308 metres above ordnance datum. They are turf-covered stoney mounds from 3.2 metres to 4.8 metres in diameter and up to 0.6 metres high. Their function and origin are unclear but they are probably stone clearance heaps possibly of prehistoric though more likely of medieval or later date. At SX58256742 a mound roughly circular 2.7 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high.. Of the 4 cairn entries this one matches closest the NGR of the PMD cist, fieldwork is needed to confirm.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.3: The South-West, (1994)