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Summary

A well preserved cist with two side stones and two end stones. 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.

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 (Between))
• CIST (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC 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, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Described and depicted by Butler.

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.

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.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV8382 - Excavation of cist north-east of Drizzlecombe

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