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Cist 365m west of Grim's Grave
Devon
This is a cist, a small stone burial chamber built during the Bronze Age, when Dartmoor's high ground was actively farmed and used for ceremonial purposes. Cists like this one were typically constructed from stone slabs to contain human remains, often as part of a broader burial landscape that included cairns and other monuments. Many have been lost to time and land use, making those still visible today important records of how people lived and died on the moor thousands of years ago.
Located on the open moorland west of Grim's Grave, the site sits within one of Dartmoor's richest archaeological zones. The surrounding landscape holds dozens of Bronze Age features, from field boundaries to standing stones, telling the story of a settled, organized community. Visiting the cist today, you walk among that same moorland, with views across the granite landscape that would have been familiar to the people who built it.
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