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This Page Contains Details of all Cists within Map Square 58

White Hill W.
White Hill W. OSGR SX 5302 8360

Comments 
"A sort of rude domed kist" - Baring Gould, 1888. Not now visible. Grinsell gives GR as 5294 8360,
but Peter Tavy 3 is at the above reference. 

References 
Barrow Report 10, TDA XX (1888) 47. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p165. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Peter Tavy 3. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.22.3. 

HER/SMR number 21083 SX 58 SW/3. 
NMR number 440672 SX 58 SW 4. 

A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p107. 

White Hill NE.
White Hill NE. OSGR SX 5371 8419

Comments 
SW side slab missing. There is an outlying slab artifically set 25m to the N (downhill.) 

References 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Peter Tavy 11. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.22.10. 
Dave Parks cist 126:- cists, & cist table. 

HER/SMR number 3216 SX 58 SW/29. 
NMR number 440687 SX 58 SW 9. 

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p217. 
A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p107. 

Great Nodden
Great Nodden OSGR SX 5389 8740

Comments 
"A wedge-shaped ... kist ... made up of pieces of slaty stone." Frances Brent, TDA, 1891. Not now visible. 

References 
Barrow Report 13, TDA XXIII (1891) 117. 21, TDA XXXIV (1902) 115. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p170-1. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Bridestowe & Sourton Common 7a. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 43.7.17. 
Dave Parks cist 140:- cists, & cist table. 

HER/SMR number 4625 SX 58 NW/1. 
NMR number 440519 SX 58 NW 5 

A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p220. 

Nattor Down 3
Nattor Down 3 OSGR SX 5393 8286

Comments 
"A weighty flat slab ... may perhaps be the cover of a cist." p99. 

References 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.2.3. 

HER/SMR number 3224 SX 58 SW/36. 
NMR number 440710 SX 58 SW 18. 

A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p99. 

Nattor Down 5
Nattor Down 5 OSGR SX 5410 8286

Comments 
Only NW & NE slabs remain. 

References 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Peter Tavy 14. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.2.5. 
Dave Parks cist 127:- cists, & cist table. 

HER/SMR number 3223 SX 58 SW/35. 
NMR number 440705 SX 58 SW 17. 

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p65. 
A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p99 

Nattor Down 6
Nattor Down 6 OSGR SX 5429 8298

Comments 
Possible sideslab and removed coverstone 

References 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.2.6 

NMR number 1158162 SX 58 SW 135. 

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p171. 
A map of the area can be found in Butler II (1991) p99 

Doe Tor
Doe Tor OSGR SX 54378 84841

Comments 
SMR gives two sites:- 56/1 & 56/2. SW slab & capstone are missing. 

References 
Barrow Report 24, TDA XXXVII (1905) 89. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p172. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Lydford 12. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.21. 
Dave Parks cist 17:- cists, & cist table. 

HER/SMR numbers 3252 SX 58 SW/56/1 & 3253 SX 58 SW/56/2. 
NMR number 440667 SX 58 SW 1. 

Plans of the site can be found in TDA XXXVII (1905) Pl I, opp p87, and Butler V (1997) p198. 

Standon Down
Standon Down OSGR SX 5473 8137

Comments 
"Not in a very good state of preservation." - Crossing. "No longer visible" - Butler. 

References 
W. Crossing Guide to Dartmoor (1912) 171. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Peter Tavy 15. 
J.R. Turner DASP 48 (1990) D15. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 32.17. 
Dave Parks cist 137:- cists, cist table, & cairn circles. 

HER/SMR number 20155 SX 58 SW/107. 
NMR number 440778 SX 58 SW 54. 

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p182. 

Fordsland Ledge
Fordsland Ledge OSGR SX 5758 8889

Comments 
"What appears to be a ruined kistvaen." - Crossing. Large slabs in the centre - LVG, giving "the superficial appearance of a cist" - Butler. 

References 
W. Crossing Guide to Dartmoor (1912) 204. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Okehampton Hamlets 4. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 42.3, V (1997) 160. 

HER/SMR number 3169 SX 58 NE/2. 
NMR number 440458 SX 58 NE 2. 

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p159. 

Great Kneeset
Great Kneeset OSGR SX 588 865

Comments 
"Proceeding from Brim Brook to Great Kneeset, in possible danger as there are shell holes in the area." 

References 
HER/SMR number 7727 SX 58 NE/33. The information is from JRP Ellison, in a letter to SMR 1979. 
NMR number 1408945 SX 58 NE 60. 

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