Willings Walls Warren Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 23-06-2017
OS Map: SX 58279 65240
OS Source: HER
HER record: 4021
Megalithic Portal: 45711
PMD: Willings Walls Warren S.
Alternate name: Willings Walls 2
Short Name: CT Willings 2
Butler map: 51.6.2
Dixon Cist #: 48
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 25
Turner: E36
DPD page: 53
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 51
Dimensions (m): 4.0 x 0.2 C
Lidar: SX58286524
Notes: "Remains of a kerbed cairn with cist On a slight NW slope near a reave. The cairn is 4.6m in diameter and 0.6m high. Within the outer ring of stones is a second ring of boulders not shown on Worth's plan but which may represent an inner kerb. The cist is 1.8m by 0.9m and 0.5m deep with an adjacent coverstone." Lethbridge p.52-3 Willingswalls Cist 2 (E of Reave) - diagram p52, photo p.53. Butler Willings Walls 2 - Vol. 3. Map 51.6 (diagram p.165).
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Falcon, T. A., Dartmoor: A Note On Graves, T.D.A. Vol.37 pp.457-461 (1905)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 51, T.D.A. Vol.64 pp.115-18 (1932)