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Dartmoor Site: Hentor (Shavercombe) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Hentor (Shavercombe) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Hentor (Shavercombe) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Photo taken on 13-08-2017

Hentor (Shavercombe) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 20. TDA Vol.33 1901

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Hentor & Shavercombe Brook Cists
OS Map: SX 59372 65801
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV3479
Megalithic Portal: 45661
PMD: Hen Tor Warren 2
Alternate name: Hen Tor N.2
Short Name: CT Hen Tor N2
Butler map: 49.22.2
Dixon Cist #: 11
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 26
Turner: E48
DPD page: 50
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 20
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX 59372 65801
Nearby sites: SX 59372 65801

Notes

"A cairn with circle and cist. The cairn is 5m in diameter and 0.4m high and contains at least six upright stones forming a circle that surrounds the centrally placed cist. The cist, in fair condition, is aligned north west/south east. A flat stone lying immediately south west of the cist may be the capstone." Lethbridge p.50-51 Shavercombe Cist E - diagram p.49. Shavercombe. Butler Hen Tor Cairn 2 - Vol. 3. Map 49.22 (general plan of Hen Tor with diagram of cists pp.146-7).

References

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