Great Gnats' Head 2 Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6119 6803
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV5092
Alternate name: Great Gnats' Head 2
Short Name: CN:GreatGnats2
Butler map: 50.5.2
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 1a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 20
Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 6119 6803
Nearby sites: SX 6119 6803
Notes
"Round cairn adjacent to cist. Cairn lies 4m s of the cist and survives as a 4m diam and 0.2m high mound. This cairn was investigated in 1901 and found to cover a circular, carefully paved area lying on top of a large flat stone."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)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 20, T.D.A. Vol.33 pp.104- 146 (1901)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)