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Redlake Foot (Brown Heath) Cist

Redlake Foot (Brown Heath) Cist

Photo taken on 18-09-2017

Redlake Foot (Brown Heath) Cist

Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 60. TDA Vol.73 1941

Database entries

OS Map: SX 63778 66069
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV5102
Megalithic Portal: 45760
PMD: Brown Heath
Alternate name: Brown Heath
Short Name: CT Brown Heath
Butler map: 55.7.3
Dixon Cist #: 102
Grinsell: HARFORD 1
DPD page: 73
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 60 69 71
Dimensions (m): 6.5 x 0.5 C
Lidar: SX 63778 66069
Nearby sites: SX 63778 66069

Notes

"A fine cist at Redlake Foot measuring internally, 0.7m. by 1.0m. and 1.0m. deep single slabs form the end-stones and the southern side-stone. The northern side is a slab resting on a horizontal 'post' type stone" Cover slab partly displaced from the sides. Lethbridge p.73, diagram p.71. Butler Brown Heath (Cairn 3) - Vol. 4. Map 55.7.3 (p.76-7 diagram p.76).

References

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