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MONUMENT NO. 442660

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Cairn with possible cist

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(SX 63857573) Cist (NR) (Site of). (NAT) (1)

Ruins of a cist within a ruined mound and the remains of a 20 ft
diameter retaining circle. (2)

No trace. (3)

SX 63847572.On a slight southern slope at 365m. O.D is a cairn
measuring 5.0m. in diameter and 0.3m. high. A single stone is set
on edge on the N.W. perimeter. In the centre of the cairn, which
has been disturbed, there is a stone, 0.4m.long, possibly the end
stone of a cist.

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

At Sx 63857573 on a gentle S facing moorland slope lies a turf and gorse covered cairn. It is approximately 6.0m in diameter with a mamximum height of 0.35m. A depression in the top possibly marks the site of a cist with one large leaning or recumbant stone detectable under the turf at the E end.
A sinlge upright slab 0.9m long by 0.4m wide and 0.35m high lies on the N margin of the cairn. (5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1963

( 2) General reference

T Devon Ass 70 1938 62 (R H Worth)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DG 01-SEP-50

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 NJA 14-DEC-79

(5) General reference

RCHME Field Investigation, 22-JUN-1989, SAJ Probert.

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