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Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Devon. The structure consists of a stone-built chamber, typical of cist burials from the second millennium BC, which would have originally contained human remains and grave goods. Such cists represent an important category of funerary evidence for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and social organization in south-west England. The monument's survival as a recorded archaeological feature contributes to our knowledge of the distribution and density of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity across Bodmin Moor.
Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010701. View the official record →
Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010701.
Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Ridding Down (6.9 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (7.1 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.