Drizzlecombe Kistvaen, Dartmoor UK
N 50° 29.263 W 003° 59.213
30U E 429991 N 5593324
A burial cairn on Dartmoor, Devon UK.
Waymark Code: WM2HAA
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/04/2007
Views: 28
A ring cairn is a prehistoric ritual monument comprising a circular bank of stones up to about 20m in diameter surrounding a hollow central area. The bank may be kerbed on the inside, and sometimes the outside as well, with small uprights or laid boulders. Within the central hollow there may be charcoal-filled pits and sometimes burials, occasionally under small mounds.
Ring cairns are mainly found in upland areas of England, and are mostly discovered and authenticated by fieldwork and ground-level survey. Some ring cairns are large enough to be visible on aerial photographs, although surface checking is usually needed to authenticate interpretation.
This burial chamber is in very good order, all the stones are present and it's not overgrown as many are on Dartmoor.
Type: Dolmen
Number: 5.00
Size:
The kistvaen is on top of a grass covered mound, the mound is about 20 feet across.
Source:
Dartmoor Granite
Purpose:
Burial
Parking: Not Listed
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