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MONUMENT NO. 442555

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A cairn containing a cist situated on a south east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Cherry Brook. The cairn survives as a 5.8 metre diameter and 0.5 metre high mound containing a central pit which is defined on its northern side by a 1.4 metre long and 0.55 metre deep slab of stone. This stone represents one side of a cist which has been damaged by partial excavation or robbing. A small number of edge set stones around the periphery of the mound suggests the presence of a kerb which survives largely as a buried feature. Scheduled.

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(SX 62617783) Cist (NR) (2).

The cist is orientated NW-SE and is open with the SW side stone and the end stone buried beneath the turf. Internal dimensions 1.3m by 0.85m. Depth 0.5m. The mound, which is slight with a height of 0.3m, is much disturbed. Judging by the remains of the retaining circle of which six stones can be seen, the diameter of the mound was 4.5m. Condition of the cist is fair, of the mound poor (1).

One side stone of a cist, 4 ft long and oriented N 61o W, standing
in a mound within the remains of a 12 ft diameter retaining circle (3).

SX 62607783. On a gentle SE slope at 393m OD is a cairn with a
central cist. The cist, aligned NW/SE, measures 1.3m by 0.8m
internally and is 0.6m deep. No coverstone is visible. The
furze-covered mutilated cairn now extends 8.0m NW to SE
and 6.2m NE to SW, with a few stones of the retaining circle
visible to the NW.

Surveyed at 1:10 000 and 1:2500 for AO Records (4).

Cist as described previously (1) (4). It is placed centrally in a sub-circular cairn, probably originally 8 by 6m, of which only a stone scatter remains on the arc NW to NE; no certain kerbstones were obscured on the NW. The S arc, however, still stands up to 0.5m high but is obscured by thick gorse (5).

Stennen Hill No 3 SX 62617783. cairn diameter 4.5m and height 0.3m. Slight mound with retaining circle enclosing cist 77, placed SE/NW, of which only the NE side slab is visible (6).

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( 1) Field Investigators Comments

F1 GWR 6-SEP-1950.

( 2) Devonshire Association reports and transactions

RH Worth 70, 1938 Page(s)61

( 3) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1963.

(4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 NJA 20-NOV-1979.

(5) Field Investigators Comments

F3 PP 19-JUL-1989.

(6) Devon Archaeological Society proceedings

LV Grinsell 36, 1978 Page(s)148

(7) Scheduled Monument Notification

02-JUL-1999

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