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Winter Tor Cist

Winter Tor Cist

Photo taken on 04-09-2016

Winter Tor Cist

Prowse, Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh (1890) Fig 3 and Fig 4

Database entries

OS Map: SX 61112 91352
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6881
Megalithic Portal: 45779
PMD: Winter Tor
Alternate name: Higher Tor S.1
Short Name: CT HigherTor 1
Butler map: 40.15
Butler Vol 5: p.169 & Fig.108
Dixon Cist #: 121
Grinsell: LYDFORD 1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.5 x 1.0 C
Lidar: SX 61112 91352
Guide Map: 2
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Belstone Car Park (3.5 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Okehampton Railway Station (3.6 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 61112 91352

Notes

[Formerly listed as Higher Tor (S), renamed after PMD] Butler Higher Tor (S) Vol. 2. Map 40.15. (diagram Vol. 5. p.169). Ths cist was excavated by Prowse as described in his article of 1890. About 300 yards south-south-east of Winter Tor is a tumulus diameter 9 yards and height 3 feet, the top of which has been hollowed out. Within the hollow was a granite slab 4 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 9 inches, covering the remains of a cist, and another slab approximately 4 feet 9 inches by 3 feet 3 inches, either a second capstone or possibly part of the first cist. The cist contained nothing of interest except a few small porous and very brittle fragments of what is apparently bony tissue. After examination the capstone was replaced and covered with soil and stones.

References

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