Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KISTOR

KISTOR, a rocky eminence in the NE of Dartmoor, Devon; 4 miles W of Moreton-Hampstead. A number of hut circles and lines of stones, vestiges of habitation by the ancient Britons, lie dispersed over a large extent of moor above it; and one of the circles is in a state of remarkably good preservation. K I T-HILL. See CANNINGTON and HENGESTONDOWN.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a rocky eminence"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Devon AncC

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