Hayne Down summit Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 744 802
OS Source: Estimate
Butler OS: SX74408020
PMD: Hayne Down
Alternate name: Hayne Down summit
Short Name: CT?Hayne Down
Butler map: 21.
Grinsell: MANATON 3a
Exist: Maybe
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Lidar: SX 744 802
Guide Map: 30
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Manaton Bus Shelter (1.6 km) [Route: 271,671]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Lustleigh Bishops Stone (4.4 km) [Route: 178]
Nearby sites: SX 744 802
Notes
Grinsell: LVG and GMS have searched in vain for cist near reave connecting Bowerman's Nose with tor to SE, mentioned by Crossing 1912/1965 p.294.The HER has an entry MDV130870 for Hayne Down Reported Stone Row. That entry refers also to the reported Crossing cist but based on Crossing's description the two features are nearly 0.5km apart. For that reason we have kept the two records separate.
The author briefly looked for this feature with Steve Szypko on 10/12/2025. We were on a time limited walk using buses and were unable to locate this feature in the vicinity of the grid reference. It may be that a more thorough search will locate it.
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.1: The East, (1991)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)