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| HER Number: | MDV131161 |
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| Name: | Cairns on and near Willings Walls reave; possible duplicates |
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Summary
Cairn at SX 58306535 apparently recorded by Butler (1994). Measures 4.5 metres diameter by 1.0 metre high. Cairn at SX 58306530 is refered to in Scheduling as lying west of the reave, although this grid reference places it to the east. Scheduled monument descriptions are brief and neither feature is shown on the scheduling map. The 2002 survey of the area did not identify these features.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 583 653 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Small, disturbed Bronze Age cairn at Willings Walls Warren
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE293
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE294
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1356050
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1362035
- Old SAM Ref: 24231
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 166, Map 51 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Willings Walls Cairn '4' at SX58306535 of 4.5 metres diameter by 1.0 metres high is a mound which seems to have been constructed out of the nearby reave by the addition of extra stone. (Described as being 30 metres from Cairn '3' at SX58276533)
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
(09/05/2001) SX 58306535 A Bronze Age cairn constructed on top of Willings Walls Reave. The cairn mound measures 5 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high. Scheduling amendment. [1356035 NRHE]
SX 58306530 A Bronze Age cairn, lying west of Willings Walls Reave. The cairn mound measures 4.4 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.6 metres high. [1356050 NRHE]
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 166, Map 51. |
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| SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. [Mapped feature: #132649 Needs confirming on the ground-possible duplicate., ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4022 | Related to: Cairn with cist on the Willings Walls reave, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV103578 | Related to: Small disturbed cairn at Willings Walls reave, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 7 2021 11:42AM |
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