More information : At SX 65278563 there is a mutilated cist; it is
situated on a south west facing slope in open moorland at
1350ft OD. The remains consist of an earthfast thin-slab 0.6m
long by 0.3m high set on the north side of a rectangular
depression 1.0m by 0.8m by 0.2m deep. Another stone just
protrudes through the peat in this hollow. A capstone 1.0m
by 0.9m by 0.15m thick lies at an angle and partly supported
by the cist slab; it has become earthfast on the north west
side.
There is no mound or surrounding bank. Located during field
investigation. See photographs.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. (1)
SX 65288563. A mutilated cist situated amongst peat cuttings on the moderate W slope of shovel Down. Only the N endstone, 0.6m long, remains in situ on the edge of a hollow 1.1m N-S by 0.9m and 0.2m deep. An irregular slab 0.15m thick, probably the disturbed coverstone, lies propped up on the endstone. There is no trace of a covering cairn.
(see RCHME survey `Shovel Down' at 1/2500 scale). (2) |