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Summary

Kistvaen, near plym steps. A well preserved example, the sides stand partly above the ground although traces of the covering barrow are distantly visible. The cover stone rests on one of the long sides and partly overhangs the kist. Length of east side 737mm, west side 838mm, width south end 330mm, north end 584mm, dept to floor 610mm (worth).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012790: Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/48
• Old SAM County Ref: 502A
• Old SAM Ref: 10707

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV153838.

Vis=-/10/1961 (ancient monuments) one of two barrows south of plym steps. Barrow a. North of langcombe brook. Cist with capstone pushed off; within a ring of large stones, 5.49m in diameter.

GRINSELL AND TRAHAIR, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV153839.

Vis=18/9/1974 (grinsell and trahair) cairn enclosing cist placed sse/nnw, the floor almost level with the ground. According to breton the cairn has a retaining circle. Diam 4.5m, height 0.2m.

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV153842.

Vis=not visible on raf 1946-7 photos (rchm app 1985).

AM, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV153843.

Vis=est=-/-/1990 (ancient monuments) cairn 5.5m diam with retaining kerb of 8 stones up to 0.2m high. Irregular shaped cist with e and w sides measuring 0.7m + 0.8m long; 0.6m + 0.3m wide at n + s sides, 0.6m deep. Coverstone lies on e side (am).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153845.

Osa=sx66nw42/plan, photograph.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153846.

Worth, r. H. /tda/32(1900)50/19th report of the barrow committee.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153847.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)162.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153848.

Breton, h. H (1914) beautiful dartmoor. I. P52.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV153849.

Turner, j. R. /pdas/48(1990)42 72/d22.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=17/5/1950 (os) the above description and measurements by worth are accurate. The barrow in which the kistvaen is contained is 5.5m in diameter and 0.2m high, composed of large stones.

Turner, J. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37204.

Vis=ring setting 2.4m internal diam around central protruding cist (turner).

WORTH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6808.

Kistvaen, near plym steps. A well preserved example, the sides stand partly above the ground although traces of the covering barrow are distantly visible. The cover stone rests on one of the long sides and partly overhangs the kist. Length of east side 737mm, west side 838mm, width south end 330mm, north end 584mm, dept to floor 610mm (worth).

Ordnance Survey, 1907, 135 NE (Cartographic). SDV164582.

Central cist has a reclining cover stone with its e side buried in the ground (rchme, citing os).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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