What is a cyst in Archaeology?

A cist (/ˈsɪst/ or /ˈkɪst/; also kist /ˈkɪst/; from Greek: κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Often ornaments have been found within an excavated cist, indicating the wealth or prominence of the interred individual.

What is a Bronze Age cist?

The cists were constructed with sandstone side slabs and cover stones. One contained the remains of a female burial and an earthenware pot. The skeleton was complete and its position indicated that it had been buried in a crouching position. It was also in a good state of preservation.

What is a cist tomb grave?

cist, also called Stone Chest, prehistoric European coffin containing a body or ashes, usually made of stone or a hollowed-out tree; also, a storage place for sacred objects.

What is called CIST?

A cyst is a sac-like pocket of membranous tissue that contains fluid, air, or other substances. Cysts can grow almost anywhere in your body or under your skin. There are many types of cysts. Most cysts are benign, or noncancerous.

Can stress cause a cyst?

Causes of Cysts The type of cyst depends on where it forms – some cysts can be internal (such as in a breast, the ovaries, or the kidneys) while others are external and form in visible locations on the body. Activities like gymnastics, which place large amounts of stress on the wrist, can cause ganglion cysts to form.

Where is the best place to see the white horse?

Visitors wanting to get nearer to the White Horse can park in a car park off the B3098 just east of Westbury for an excellent viewing point. Cherhill (1780) located east of Cherhill village beneath Oldbury Castle earthwork. The Horse can be seen well from the A4 and footpaths lead to around the site.

What is the Whitehorse Hill cist and where is it?

The Whitehorse Hill cist was discovered in the 1990s eroding from the side of a mound of peat at an elevation of around 600m. A cist is a stone-built ‘box’ inserted into the ground into which the dead were placed in prehistoric times – a precursor to the coffins of today.

What can we learn from Dartmoor’s Whitehorse Hill finds?

The Whitehorse Hill finds have offered numerous valuable insights into the Early Bronze Age world on Dartmoor that we would be unlikely to have gained from most other sites.

Are there any prehistoric monuments in Whitehorse Hill?

The highest point on Whitehorse Hill stands at 602m and for centuries it has been known for peat cutting and being a trans moor trackway via peat passes for livestock and huntsmen. As far as other known prehistoric monuments in the area go there simply are none which again makes this particular kistvaen an exception.

How was Dartmoor’s cist site discovered?

The Dartmoor Preservation website announced that ‘The site was first discovered in 2001 by Joe Turner when the western edge of the cist was exposed as its end stone fell out of the peat hag; this most probably was caused by the weathering away of the peat. There was no previous record of it‘.