Blackslade Down. OSGR SX 7340 7551

Comments
All four sides present, but no capstone. There was a capstone present in 1897, which has now disappeared. though a fragment may have survived. This may be the cist Butler reports Carrington referring to.

References
N.T. Carrington Dartmoor (1926) n43, p194.
Barrow Report 53, TDA LXVI (1934) 41.
TDA XXIX (1897) 150.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p173, 176.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 116.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Widecombe 14.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 9.8 p61, 115.
HER/SMR number 7437 SX 77 NW/21.
NMR number 445126 SX 77 NW 36.

Plans of the site can be found in TDA LXVI (1934), Pl VI, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p177, and Butler V (1997) p47.
Photographs of the site can be found in TDA LXVI (1934), Pl VI, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) Plate 33A, and Butler I (1991) p61.

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