Royal Hill, South Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 13-09-2014
Plans by RHW. Barrow Report 27. TDA Vol.40 1908
Database entries
OS Map: SX 62020 72091
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6309
Megalithic Portal: 34958
PMD: Royal Hill SE.
Alternate name: Royal Hill E.3
Short Name: CT RoyalHill 3
Butler map: 65.5.3
Dixon Cist #: 22
Grinsell: LYDFORD 88
Turner: E31
DPD page: 98
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 27 47
Dimensions (m): 4.7 x 0.5 C
Lidar: SX 62020 72091
Nearby sites: SX 62020 72091
Notes
"The cairn is 4.9m in diameter and 0.4m high with a flattish, platform, top. It is retained by a kerb of almost contiguous orthostats, the largest 1.1m long, 0.2m thick, and 0.6m high. A few are fallen or displaced. The central cist is oriented WNW to ESE, lacking both coverstone and N side slab. Internally it measures 1.35m by 0.75m by 0.55m deep." Lethbridge diagram p.97 Cist A, photo p.98. Butler Royal Hill E. 3 - Vol. 4. Map 65.5 (Cairn 3 - diagram p.233).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.
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 27, T.D.A. Vol.40 pp.84-85 (1908)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 47, T.D.A. Vol.60 pp.77-78 (1928)