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This Page Contains Details of all Cists within Map Square 65

Butter Brook
Butter Brook OSGR SX 6480 5970

Comments 
Possible coverstone. LVG gives GR 6488 5966. 

References 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Harford 25? 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities IV (1993) 53.11.2. 

HER/SMR number 13091 SX 65 NW/47. 
NMR number 441302 SX 65 NW 31 

Butterdon South
Butterdon South OSGR SX 65576 58524

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In 2019, Dave Parks and Nigel Stainer discovered a cist at 65576 58524, with a capstone propped up to the north, which has now been replaced.

HER/SMR number 
125710


Butterdon Row
Butterdon Row OSGR SX 656 585

Comments 
Mike Brown says the row "terminates in a small kistvaen" at the southern end of Butterdon row. Hemery says the cist "has been removed". 

References 
Davidson & Seabrook DASP 31 (1973) 25. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 140. Harford 16. 
E. Hemery High Dartmoor (1983) 254, 260. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities IV (1993) 24. 53.8.1. 
Mike Brown Field Guide 17 (1999) 16. 
Dave Parks cairn circles. 

HER/SMR number 2897
NMR number 441240 SX 65 NE 66 

A plan of the site can be found at DASP 31 (1973) Fig 2. 

Cantrell
Cantrell OSGR SX 6571 5718

Comments 
One slab, interpreted as endstone. 

References 
TDA XL (1908) 281. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Ugborough 24. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities IV (1993) 53.12. 

HER/SMR number 33471 SX 65 NE/7. 
NMR number 441214 SX 65 NE 44 

Plans of the site can be found in TDA XL (1908), 282, and Butler IV (1993) p34. 
A map of the area can be found in Butler IV (1993) p35. 

Butterdon Hill
Butterdon Hill OSGR SX 6580 5933

Comments 
W side and two endslabs only. SMR give reference 6577 5933. 

References 
Barrow Report 61, TDA LXXIV (1942) 67. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p172.​
C. Gaskell-Brown & C. Hankin DASP 33 (1975) 314.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 113. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Ugborough 16. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities IV (1993) 53.8.3. 
Dave Parks cist 88:- cists, & cist table. 

HER/SMR number 2887 SX 65 NE/3. 
NMR number 441158 SX 65 NE 21. 

Plans of the site can be found in TDA LXXVI (1942), Pl II, and Butler V (1997) p59. 
Maps of the area can be found in DASP 36 (1978) Fig 4, and Butler IV (1993) p24. 
A photograph of the site can be found in TDA LXXVI (1942), Pl II. 

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