Sharpitor E.1 Cairn Circle & Cist
Photo taken on 06-09-2025
Photo 06/09/2025 detail of possible cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56292 70445
OS Source: Garmin
Butler OS: SX56307040
HER: MDV51502
PMD: Leather Tor N.
Alternate name: Sharpitor E.1
Short Name: CT:Sharpitor 1
Butler map: 45.3.1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Radcliffe
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 6.0 x 0.8
Lidar: SX 56292 70445
Guide Map: 38
Nearest Bus Stop: Dousland Merrivale View Road (3.9 km) [Route: 55,56]
Nearby sites: SX 56292 70445
Notes
Cairn forming part of a cluster of four cairns. Mound measures 6 metres in diameter, and stands up to 0.8 metres high. Perimeter is defined by a kerb which survives partly as a buried feature. Centre of the cairn has been partially excavated to reveal a stone cist, oriented north-north-east by south-south-west. The interior of this cist measures 1.1 metres long, 0.6 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. This is one of Butler's group of 4 cairns Sharpitor E.1-4. The NMR entry is duplicated at 964151.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)