More information : (SX 63776607) Cist (NR) (1) The small cairn, diameter 15 to 16 feet, found by Mr. J. H Dobson and Mr. R C E Carpenter (2) was later opened by Mr. C E BDixon (3) and found to contain a rifled cist. Internal measurements of the cist are, length 36 inches, breadth 26 inches, depth 38 inches to 41; inches. Two worked flint flakes were found at a depth of 28 inches. Five stones were noted which may be the remains of a retaining circle. (2-4) SX 63786607. 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. The partly displaced coverstone is 1.0m. square and 0.1m thick. The cist is within a cairn 5.5m. in diameter and 0.5m. high on the west side, but merging into the west facing hillslope on its east side. A few large stones with a high quartz or spar content protrude from the turf near the perimeter but are not certainly part of a retaining circle. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD. (5)
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