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Barn Hill Cist

Barn Hill Cist

Photo taken on 09-09-2023

Database entries

OS Map: SX 53318 74558
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV14685
Megalithic Portal: 45785
PMD: Barn Hill
Alternate name: Barn Hill S.
Short Name: CT:Barn Hill
Butler map: 44.10.3
Dixon Cist #: 128
Grinsell: WHITCHURCH 3
DPD page: 15
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c.5.0 x 0.1 C
Lidar: SX 53318 74558
Nearby sites: SX 53318 74558

Notes

"The cairn mound measures 5.7 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.2 metres high. The cist lies slightly south of the cairn's centre and survives as a 0.98 metre long by 0.6 metre wide and 0.3 metre deep stone-lined pit". Possibly described in Barrow report 39 although refers to somethign on the norterhen side of barn Hill and this is on the southern. Butler Barn Hill S. - Vol. 3. Map 44.10.3. (diagram p.34). Previously listed with an inaccurate grid reference. Now found at SX 53318 74558. The photo was taken in the heatwave of Sept 2023 unfortunately I got sunblock on the lens - a better photo will be uploaded when i next visit. The grid reference is now accurate.

References

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