Cosdon Summit S. OSGR SX 6371 9160

Comments
"A low circular bank enclosing the remains of a kistvaen, of which the two long stones only are in place." Falcon 1905.
Nothing now an be made of the few slabs partly covered with turf that lie near the centre." Butler 1991.

References
J.G. Croker A Guide to the Eastern Escarpment of Dartmoor (1851).
Barrow Report 4, TDA XIV (1882) 153.
S. Rowe A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1896) 85-6.
TDA V (1872) 522, XXXVII (1905) 458-9.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p172.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) South Tawton 2.
J.R. Turner DASP 48 (1990) B14.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 40.7.3.
HER/SMR number 6898 SX 69 SW/24.
NMR number 444166 SX 69 SW 15.

A plan of the site can be found in Butler V (1997) p164.
Maps of the area can be found in DASP 48 (1990) p59, and Butler II (1991) p207.

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