
Plan by RHW. Stone Circle in the Plym Valley. 1942
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5818 6517
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV3438
Megalithic Portal: 1358
PMD: Willings Walls Warren Stone Circle
Alternate name: Willings Walls 5
Short Name: RC:Willings 5
Turner: A1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 41
Lidar: SX 5818 6517
Guide Map: 49
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (4.4 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 5818 6517
Notes
"Willings walls warren, lee moor. Unusual stone circle. Two kists nearby. Plan. A reave interferes with the circumference of the circle. Four groups of stones are in the circle. No trace of barrow within the circle; and no evidence to show that the stones were ever cists (worth)." A 40m diameter circle consisting of 5 groups of stones. It touches and is incorporated into the Willings Walls Reave. Lethbridge p.52-3 Willingswalls Stone Circle - diagram p52.
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.
- Fleming, A., Collis, J. & Jones, R., A late prehistoric reave system near Cholwich Town Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Stone Circle in the Plym Valley, T.D.A. Vol.74 pp.207-210 (1942)