Great Gnat's Head Cist
Photo taken on 04-06-2016
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 20. TDA Vol.33 1901
Database entries
OS Map: SX 61174 68034
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5091
Megalithic Portal: 45675
PMD: Great Gnat's Head
Alternate name: Great Gnats' Head 1
Short Name: CT GreatGnats1
Butler map: 50.5.1
Dixon Cist #: 13
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 1
DPD page: 42
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 20
Dimensions (m): 1.0 x 0.7 C
Lidar: SX 61174 68034
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (5.9 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 61174 68034
Notes
"Cist measures a maximum 1.0m long by 0.70m internally and 0.7m deep. Two side slabs and a fallen end slab are extant. There is no trace of a cover stone.". Lethbridge (near Abbot's Way cist) photo and diagram p.42 Butler Great Gnat's Head 1 - Vol. 3. Map 50.5 (diagram p.155).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)