Winter Tor Cist
Photo taken on 04-09-2016
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 WinterTor
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).References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Prowse, Arthur B., Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.185-199 (1890)