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Summary

A well preserved cist with two side stones and two end stones. Internally it measures 0.9 metres by 0.6 metres and a maximum 0.65 metres deep. It is oriented north-west/south-east and its top is 0.25 metres above ground level but there is no trace of a cover stone. A vague stoney spread around the structure, some 4.0 metres in diameter, may represent vestiges of a cairn.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010653: Cairn with a cist north-east of Drizzlecombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE12
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438532
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/68
• Old SAM County Ref: 10714
• Pastscape: 438532

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• CIST (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1907, 26th Report of the Barrow Committee, 83 (Article in Serial). SDV363544.

Worth, R. H., 1915, 34th Report of the Barrow Committee, 131 (Article in Serial). SDV364046.

Excavations in 1907 revealed only a few fragments of charcoal.

Birkett Dixon, C. E., 1952, 70th Report on Barrows, 250 (Article in Serial). SDV165393.

A cist at SX 59226747 with no coverstone (Plan).

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 167 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(29/07/1972) Cist placed south-east by north-west; slight evidence of a cairn. Excavated in 1914: a little charcoal only, no internment pit found. Cist is at Drizzle Combe.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV229256.

(23/03/1979) A cist at SX 5923 6747, with two side stones and two end stones but no cover stone, measures 1.3m by 1.0m externally and 1.0m by 0.7m internally. It has a depth of 0.6m and is orientated north-west/south-east. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

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

Not visible on the 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs used in project.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 142, 210, Map 49, Figures 49.18 & 49.19.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Drizzlecombe cist '21' at SX59226747 with a possible cairn. Four sides of a cist are all that remains, there being no trace of mound or cover slab. It was first reported in 1907 and excavated in 1914 when only a few fragments of charcoal remained.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Described and depicted by Robertson.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(13/08/1999) A well preserved cist with two side stones and two end stones is located on a gentle west-facing moorland hillslope at SX 5922 5747. Internally it measures 0.9m by 0.6m and a maximum 0.65m deep. It is oriented north-west/south-east and its top is 0.25m above g.s.l.; there is no trace of a cover stone. A vague stoney spread around the structure, some 4.0m in diameter, may represent vestiges of a cairn.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

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

Rectangular feature shown on survey.

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

Rectangular feature visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 28 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 08/02/2020. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 28 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 130° showing grass/moss cover with reeds in centre of cist.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Cist' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1010653 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This cairn with a cist lies on a south-west-facing slope north-east of Drizzlecombe and above the Sheepstor leat. The mound is 4 metres in diameter and remains to a height of 0.25 metres with part of a retaining kerb on the north-west side. The cist is orientated south-east/north-west and is 1.18 metres in length 0.9 metres in width and 0.6 metres in depth. It was excavated in 1914, when charcoal was found in it. It lies within a few hundred metres of the complex of stone alignments, cairns and enclosures in Drizzlecombe.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV8382 - Excavation of cist north-east of Drizzlecombe

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