| Summary : A disturbed cairn and cist on the gently sloping N flank of Little Gnats Head. The cairn measures 7.8m N to S by 7.7m and largely buried stones in the N margin are suggestive of a retaining kerb. The centre of the cairn has been disturbed exposing a well-preserved cist, 1.1m long, 0.52m wide and 0.43m deep. The coverstone has been displaced to the NE and the excavated spoil lies to the NW of the cairn. The Bronze Age cairn and cist, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as a structure and earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
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| More information : (SX 60896757) Cist (NR) (1)
A perfect, well constructed cist at Calveslake. Length, 3ft 7inches;
width at north end,1ft 7 1/2 inches; at south end, 1ft 9inches,
depth to floor, 2ft 7inches. An irregular shaped cover-stone
overhangs the eastern end of the cist. The barrow in which the cist
stands has a diameter of 18feet. There is no stone circle. Finds
include a flint arrow-head, tanged but not barbed, three flint
flakes, a quartz crystal but no pottery. (2)
On a north-east slope at about 400.0m. OD. is a turf-covered cairn
measuring 9.5m. in diameter and 0.7m. high. Centrally placed within
the cairn is a fine cist, as planned by Worth. (See also 1:100
plan).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD. (3)
Depicted and described by Butler. (5)
Depicted and described by Robertson (6)
SX 60876755. A disturbed cairn and cist on the gently sloping N flank of Little Gnats Head. The cairn measures 7.8m N to S by 7.7m and largely buried
stones in the N margin are suggestive of a retaining kerb. The centre of the cairn has been disturbed exposing a well-preserved cist, 1.1m long, 0.52m wide and 0.43m deep. The coverstone has been displaced to the NE and the excavated spoil lies to the NW of the cairn. (7)
The Bronze Age cairn and cist, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as a structure and earthwork on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. It is centred on SX 60870 67545. The cairn mound measures approximately 12.1m in diameter. Scheduled monument NHLE 1015739. (8-9)
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