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HER Number:MDV61774
Name:Possible cist on Lakehead Hill, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Under the huge roots of a recently fallen tree, with a semicircle of spaced stones, a central slab and a capstone entwined in the roots

Location

Grid Reference:SX 645 778
Map Sheet:SX67NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/345

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CIST (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Devon Archaeological Society, 1998, Possible cist, 12 (Article in Serial). SDV250103.

Under the roots of a recently fallen tree, with a semi-circle of spaced stones, a central slab and a capstone entwined in the roots.

Radcliffe, W., 1999, Possible cist on Lakehead Hill (Worksheet). SDV250104.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV250103Article in Serial: Devon Archaeological Society. 1998. Possible cist. 71. 12. [Mapped feature: #39592 ]
SDV250104Worksheet: Radcliffe, W.. 1999. Possible cist on Lakehead Hill.

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

Date Last Edited:Jun 29 2022 10:26AM