Dartmoor quiz
“Us could tie up the knees so's the presents wouldn't drop out, couldn't us, Muther?”
Who wrote this?
← Browse Cairns & Barrows · Browse the directory
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1014468) describes a round cairn holding a cist, part of a complex landscape of several periods on the north-west slope of Hen Tor, above the valley of the River Plym. The mound sits on a small natural promontory, 4 metres across and up to 0.6 metres high, and has been excavated to show a cist running north-east to south-west, 1.2 metres long, 0.75 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep inside. The monument is in the care of the Secretary of State. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 0.4 km south of Shavercombe Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1014468, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 147, Fitch in The Dartmoor Newsletter on the Hentor Warren cists (vol 25, 1995), page 4, Thackray, The Upper Plym Valley (1994), and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard (1995).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1014468)
- Grid reference: SX 5925 6570 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Contact us if you have information about this listing
Official record
Explore the area
Go deeper with Dartefacts
Dartefacts is a database of Dartmoor sites with far more close-up detail than we can show here, and it is the best place to go deeper. Dartefacts is free to use, and nobody has to pay to look things up. If you want more, a yearly subscription adds 10-figure grid references, map zoom down to 1:25,000 and lists to tick off the places you have visited, and it helps keep the site going. We would encourage you to subscribe.
More Dartmoor resources
Thoughts
Be the first to share a thought about Cairn and cist on the north-west slope of Hen Tor.
Share a thoughtKnow another Dartmoor place, tor or landmark we should include? Suggest a listing, it is free.
Suggest a listing