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HER Number: | MDV2504 |
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Name: | CIST in the Parish of Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Hawks tor. At the summit stands a rock shelter, v shaped in plan with a coverstone. Rowe referred to it as a cromlech. R. N. Worth called it a natural grouping of rocks. Mr. Beckerlegge on examining the coverstone, found a similar vein of quartz in the coverstone as in the rocks of the v shaped shelter, but running in a different direction. The coverstone must have been levered or swung in an anti-clockwise direction through an angle of 90 degrees to make a shelter of what was previously an opening between two vertical walls of rock.(beckerlegge).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 553 625 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/72
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CIST (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
TDA 1934, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146188.
Worth (tda 1934) mentions a cist on hawks tor or oxter.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146189.
Beckerlegge, j. J. /tda/70(1938)159/seventh report of the plymouth and district branch.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146190.
Rowe, s. /(1848)160/perambulation of dartmoor.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146191.
Worth, r. N. /tda/17(1885)130/seventh report of the barrow committee.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146192.
Osa=sx56se80/plan, section.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146193.
Worth, r. H. /tda/73(1941)53/plan.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV146194.
Worth, r. H. /tda/34(1902)137.
Beckerlegge, J. J., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV163751.
Hawks tor. At the summit stands a rock shelter, v shaped in plan with a coverstone. Rowe referred to it as a cromlech. R. N. Worth called it a natural grouping of rocks. Mr. Beckerlegge on examining the coverstone, found a similar vein of quartz in the coverstone as in the rocks of the v shaped shelter, but running in a different direction. The coverstone must have been levered or swung in an anti-clockwise direction through an angle of 90 degrees to make a shelter of what was previously an opening between two vertical walls of rock.(beckerlegge).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV146188 | Migrated Record: TDA 1934. |
SDV146189 | Migrated Record: |
SDV146190 | Migrated Record: |
SDV146191 | Migrated Record: |
SDV146192 | Migrated Record: |
SDV146193 | Migrated Record: |
SDV146194 | Migrated Record: |
SDV163751 | Migrated Record: Beckerlegge, J. J.. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Oct 13 2015 4:19PM |
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