Deadman's Bottom N 2. OSGR SX 6079 6688

Comments
Three sides in place, one side and the capstone displaced.
Numerous fragments of a pot and arrowheads found on excavation 1900.

References
Barrow Report 12, TPI XXII (1890) 52. 19, TDA XXXII (1900) 51.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p165, 172, 179, 193, 196.
Davidson & Seabrook DASP 31 (1973) 83.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 119-122.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Shaugh Prior 8.
J.R. Turner DASP 48 (1990) D12.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 50.3.2.
HER/SMR number 5120 SX 66 NW/13/2.
NMR number 441697 SX 66 NW 45.

Plans of the site can be found in TDA XXXII (1900) Pl VIII
Maps of the area can be found in TDA XXXII (1900) Pl IX, LXVI (1934) p39, Pettit (1974) p120, DASP 36 (1978) Fig 3, Butler III (1994) p151.
A photograph of the site can be found in TDA XXXII (1900) Pl VIII
A reconstuction of pot shown in BR19, Plate X, and in RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p193.
Drawings of three flint arrowheads found in the cist are in BR19, Plate I, and RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p199.

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