Rippon Tor Summit. OSGR SX 7468 7553

Comments
"Quite near to (the summit cairn), and almost covered with turf, is a kistvaen."
A conical cairn that had been built on this site was dismantled by the DNPA and DPA in 2008.

References
J.G. Wilkinson J Brit Arch Assoc 18 (1862) 117.
Crossing Guide to Dartmoor (1912) p329.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) Ilsington 2.
J.R. Turner DASP 48 (1990) A62.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 5.3.
HER/SMR number 7434 SX 77 NW/93.
NMR number 445156 SX 77 NW 48.

A map of the area can be found in Butler I (1991) p42

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