Eylesbarrow South West

Nearest town:
Plympton (12km SSW)
OS reference:
SX586678
OS sheet:
202
Latitude:
50° 29' 32.25 N
Longitude:
3° 59' 37.35 W
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Image of Eylesbarrow South West (Cist) by GLADMAN

I reckon the open moorland setting can be quite austere... however not today.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 9, 2016
Image of Eylesbarrow South West (Cist) by Lubin

The kist at SX586678 on the south west side of Eylesbarrow.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 8, 2005

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Eylesbarrow South West

Lubin
Lubin Mar 8, 2005

The Eylesbarrow cairn and kist lies on open moor between the track from the scout hut to Eylesbarrow and the Eylesbarrow Reave.Around 800 metres up the path from the scout hut you turn left [north] and the kist is around 200 metres into the moor.

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Eylesbarrow South West
Cist
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jan 22, 2018

Hey, I liked it here.... a nice, if somewhat dishevelled monument located some way off the main track for a little privacy to chill out... and with expansive, sweeping views toward Yellowmead and north to Down Tor. According to Pastscape:

“...the stony mound is 5.9m in diameter and about 0.4m high with some kerb slabs and boulders in situ. The apparently off-centre cist measures 1.8m by 0.9m internally and 0.4m deep; one large, leaning slab, probably the displaced coverstone measures 1.1m by 0.8m.” [Fletcher M 03-JUL-1999 English Heritage Field Investigation]

And apparently:

“An attempt was made to restore the cist shortly before 1929 ... Stone cutters were responsible (sic) for at least part of the damage as one of the loose slabs bears the marks of the masons’ tools.... The structure may be one of those rare burial cairns covering two cists. Around the base of the mound a few stones remain of an outer ring.” [Butler, J. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Vol. 3, p. 70 3 Page(s)70]

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