Hickley Ridge W Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6679 6215
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX66796215
HER: MDV13283
HER 2026 URL: MDV13283
Megalithic Portal: 45809
PMD: Hickley Ridge W.
Alternate name: Hickley Ridge 3
Short Name: CT:HickleyW
Butler map: 56.14.4
Butler Vol 5: p.176 & Fig.118
Dixon Cist #: 152
DPD page: 84
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c. 0.84 x 0.8 ? C
Lidar: SX 6679 6215
Guide Map: 57
Nearest Bus Stop: South Brent Pool Park (5.3 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 6679 6215
Notes
HER: Cairn and cist on the East side of Brent Fore Hill. The cairn is 6.0m in diameter, merging into the slope of the hill and being about 0.5m high on the downslope side, which has a retaining kerb. There is a central cist of which two parallel slabs remain set on edge at the NW and SE sides. An upright stone 0.9m high is offset from the cist on the NW side. The NGR used for this record was SX 6659 6203 (HER) this was reverted to SX 6679 6215 (Butler) [240 metres away].The Hickley Ridge cists were first documented by Butler in 1995. Butler Hickley Ridge 3, 56.14.4 diagram Vol 5 p.176, map p.175.
Lethbridge p.84 diagram and photo top left.
This record has for years used a grid reference that originated with the HER record which is now known to be incorrect. The author has reverted the NGR to SX66796215 (Butler didn't publish it - but it looks correct from his map p.175).
This mistake on the NGR has been confirmed by Steve Grigg as reproduced on Dartefacts which has some good photos. The more precise NGR recorded by Steve is SX 66793 62131.
See also:
Dartmoor Explorations: Wacka Tor and Brent Fore Hill Millstones
Dartefacts: Hickley Ridge W. Cist
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.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Lethbridge, William D., Discover Preshistoric Dartmoor, (2015)