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Cist south-west of Gutter Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The structure consists of a stone burial chamber constructed from large stone slabs, typical of cist burials dating from the second millennium BC. Such monuments represent evidence of ritual burial practices and the permanence of funerary traditions among Bronze Age communities of the south-west peninsula. The site's location on Dartmoor places it within one of England's most significant concentrations of prehistoric ceremonial and domestic archaeology.
Cist south-west of Gutter Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012472. View the official record →
Cist south-west of Gutter Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012472.
Cist south-west of Gutter Tor 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 1012472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Ridding Down (5.5 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (5.7 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cist south-west of Gutter Tor'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-west of Gutter Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.