Nuns Cross Farm (site of) Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 606 698
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX60806980
HER: MDV5156
PMD: Nun's Cross Farm
Alternate name: Nuns Cross Farm (site of)
Short Name: CT?Nuns Cross
Butler map: 64.6
Grinsell: LYDFORD 108
Exist: No
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Barrow Report: 14 16 21
Lidar: SX 606 698
Guide Map: 44
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (5.2 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 606 698
Notes
Worth (1892): Within the past few years a kistvaen has been uncovered at Nuns Cross farm and totally destroyed. No relics were found. William Hooper told me that the cover stone of the kist had long been exposed on the surface of the field, and that one day when the necessity for just such a stone arose he took this up, and to his surprise uncovered the kistvaen.Some effort seems to have been made to examine the spot and unearth any relics, but without success.
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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Erme, Yealm and Torry part 1, T.P.I. Vol.11 part 1 pp.173-183 (1892)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 16, T.D.A. Vol.29 pp. (1897)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 14, T.D.A. Vol.24 (1892)