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Summary

Cist alleged by Worth in 1948. Could not be identified by the Ordnance Survey in 1952/1980 or by the Royal Commission in 1993. Unlikely feature.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018512: A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW41
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442626
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/79

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) CIST (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1952/1980, SX67NW41 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV248876.

(07/01/1952) Unable to identify cist noted by Worth.
Cist at SX 64337677 (citing Worth, R. H., 09/12/1948)
(20/02/1980) Two parallel boulders, a natural occurence, protrude from the long grass in the vicinity of Worth's reference but no cist could be identified.

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

(22/11/1993) SX 64337677. No evidence of a cist could be found in the vicinity of Worth's reference.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
• EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
• EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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