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Kerbed cairn and cist, Grim's Grave

Grid ref: SX 6123 6641

On walking routes: Abbot's Way

Main image: Grim's Grave - 13 metres from location - image by Tony Atkin (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1018591) describes a cairn close to the north bank of the Langcombe Brook, a tributary of the River Plym. A retaining kerb of nine, possibly ten, stones up to a metre high surrounds a mound 5.5 metres across and 0.5 metres high with a cist in the middle. The cist is 1 metre long, up to 0.8 metres wide and 0.9 metres deep, with side and end slabs in place and the cover stone put back. The ground outside the kerb is badly eroded, so the cairn now stands above its surroundings. There are several other cairns with cists in the Langcombe valley. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 1.2 km south of Calveslake Tor.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1018591, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX66NW-008 and SX66NW-008-1).

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1018591)
  • Grid reference: SX 6123 6641 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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