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Summary

Cist measures 1.0m long by 0.7m wide and 0.5 deep and is orientated northeast to southwest. The partly buried coverstone is approximately 0.8m by 0.9m. This site is included in the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cist on Stall Moor to the north of Ranny Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Evidential): NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX66SW27
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442243
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/29

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1945, 64th Report on Barrows, 55, plate 1 (Article in Serial). SDV167224.

A cist was found some years ago on the north bank of the Renny Brook and lying between the higher ford where the track from Harrowthorn Gate to Erme Pound crosses, and the lower ford, on the track from New Waste to the Yealm Valley.

Worth, R. H., 1949, 68th Report on Barrows, 53 (Article in Serial). SDV146939.

Three sides of the grave are still in place; the third has been turned back and lies parallel to its original position. To the south of the cist, and about a foot away from the nearest point of the buried side-stone, lies the displaced coverstone. This stone has a greatest length of four feet and a greatest width of two feet six inches.

Worth, R. H., 1950, 69th Report of the Barrow Committee, 45, Plate 1 (Article in Serial). SDV151407.

Internal dimensions, 36 inches long 15 inches wide, and 26 inches deep.

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

(Site visited in 1949 and 1951). Renny Brook. Three sides of grave still in place, third has been turned back and lies parallel to its original position, the displacement amounting to 0.46 metres. The cover stone lies to the south.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW27 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165394.

(05/08/1977) At SX 62616353 is a cist on a relatively flat area at 345.0m OD. The cist measures 1.0m long by 0.7m wide and 0.5 deep and is orientated northeast to southwest. The partly buried coverstone is approximately 0.8m by 0.9m. Worth's survey is now incorrect as the northerly stone has been removed and may be that which has been placed centrally across the cist (see amended plan).
Surveyed 1:10 000 on PFD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 136 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(Site visited 30/6/1976). Cairn enclosing cist, placed south-east by north-west measuring 3.0 meters in diameter, height 0.3 meters.

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

Not visible on national Monuments Record aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 186, 213, Map 52, Figure 52.9.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Ranny Brook Head cist at SX62616353 shown with four sides of the cist in place but without a capstone and the surrounding mound is spead out.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

'Cist' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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