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Barn Hill 2 Reported Cist

Barn Hill 2 Reported Cist

Extract from Barrow Report 39

Database entries

OS Map: SX 52970 74720
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV4114
Alternate name: Barn Hill 2
Short Name: CT:Barn Hill 2
Butler map: 49.22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Worth
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Barrow Report: 39
Lidar: SX 52970 74720
Guide Map: 32
Nearest Bus Stop: Tavistock Higher Longford (1.7 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 52970 74720

Notes

Source R.H. Worth Barrow Report 39.

HER: "Earth bank, with some stones standing up and two large stones standing long ways across the bank. Visible on the aerial photographs it was recorded in 1980 running between SX 5299 7502 to SX 5297 7472 and appears to form the eastern boundary of settlement MDV12822."

Worth, R. H., 1920, 39th Report of the Barrow Committee, 79 (Article in Serial). SDV233383.
"SX 5305 7507 Earth bank, with some stones standing up and two large stones standing long ways across the bank. 120 feet west of barrow on Barn Hill. The two large stones may be the remains of a cist"

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57NW66 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV270042.
"SX57NW66. A bank visible on aerial photographs on this alignment runs from SX 5299 7502 to SX 5297 7472."

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