Blakey Tor stone chest

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Blakey Tor stone chest

The stone box of Blakey Tor (also called Blakey Tor West) is about south of Two Bridges , a hamlet east of Princetown in Devon , England .

The northwest-southeast oriented trapezoidal stone box is about 0.85 m long, 0.4 to 0.55 m wide and 0.25 m deep inside. The side plate in the west measures 0.9 × 0.2 × 0.25 m. The two end plates measure approximately 0.4 x 0.2 x 0.25 m. The east side is formed by a boulder flat on one side that is 1.1 m long, 0.25 m thick and at least 0.6 m high. The displaced capstone, measuring 1.7 × 0.7 × 0.4 m, leans transversely against a side plate.

The stone box lies in an irregularly shaped cairn on a slight northwest slope of the gate .

Nearby are the Crock of Gold and Roundhill Summit stone boxes .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 42.8 "  N , 3 ° 57 ′ 32.2"  W.