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Summary

A mutilated cist situated amongst peat cuttings on the moderate west slope of Shovel Down first recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1978. Only the northern endstone, 0.6 metres long, remains in situ on the edge of a hollow 1.1 metres north-south by 0.9 metres and 0.2 metres deep. An irregular slab 0.15 metres thick, probably the disturbed coverstone, lies propped up on the endstone. There is no trace of a covering cairn (1991 survey data).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE75
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443684
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/98
• Old SAM Ref: 28663

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIST (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68NE75 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV256000.

(25/7/1978) At SX 6527 8563 there is a mutilated cist; it is situated on a south west facing slope in open moorland at 1350 feet OD. The remains consist of an earthfast thin-slab 0.6 metres long by 0.3 metres high set on the north side of a rectangular depression 1.0 metre by 0.8 metres by 0.2 metres deep. Another stone just protrudes through the peat in this hollow. A capstone 1.0 metres by 0.9 metres by 0.15 metres 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.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on Royal Air Force 1947 photos.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(14/8/1991) SX 6528 8563. A mutilated cist situated amongst peat cuttings on the moderate west slope of Shovel Down. Only the northern endstone, 0.6 metres long, remains in situ on the edge of a hollow 1.1 metres north-south by 0.9 metres and 0.2 metres deep. An irregular slab 0.15 metres thick, probably the disturbed coverstone, lies propped up on the endstone. There is no trace of a covering cairn. (see Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143990 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(Visited 1997) A single edge-set stone oriented at 275 degrees with a large slab resting on its downslope side. The upright slab is at the northern end of a hollow measuring 1.2 metres by 1.0 metres. Capstone measures 1.1 metres by 1.0 metre by 0.2 metres thick. North-west of cist is elongated bank, 4.0 metres by 2.0 metres by 0.4 metres high.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 187, 243, Map 37 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Stonetor Brookhead E '2' cist and possible cairn at SX65288560 on the edge of the leat. A jumble of stones is probably the remains of a cairn with a cist.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

Agricultural Development Advisory Service, 1995, ADAS Record Sheet (Report - Survey). SDV255997.

Visited 13/2/1995. Condition stable.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Cairn with a cist shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Remains of the cist possibly visible on this aerial photograph; a roughly rectangular area can be identified.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Cist' shown as a small rectangular feature on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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