Calveslake Tor. OSGR SX 6089 6757

Direction of length S 57° E.
Dimensions 1.09 x 0.45 x 0.48m.

Comments
A very perfect and well constructed kistvaen. Excavation produced a flint arrowhead and some flakes, plus a piece of quartz.
All four sides and displaced capstone.

References
Barrow Report 12, TPI XXII (1890) 51. 19, TDA XXXII (1900) 51.
RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p172.
LV Grinsell (DASP 36, 1978) Shaugh Prior 3
Butler III (1994) 50.4
SMR Number SX 66 NW/9
NMR Number SX 66 NW 12
Other References TPI X (1900) 289-310.

Plans of the site can be found in TDA XXXII (1900) Pl XI, Butler III (1994) p154.
A map of the area can be found in DASP 36 (1978) Fig 3
A photograph of the site can be found in TDA XXXII (1900) Pl XI.
A drawing of a flint arrowhead found in the cist is in BR19, Plate I, and RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p199.

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