Thornworthy Cist

Photo taken on 26-08-2012

Database entries

OS Map: SX 66746 84348
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6613
Megalithic Portal: 15453
PMD: Thornworthy
Alternate name: Thornworthy
Short Name: CT Thornworthy
Butler map: 35.22
Butler Vol 5: p.64 & Fig.42
Dixon Cist #: 71
Grinsell: CHAGFORD 3
Turner: E39
DPD page: 137
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 16 21 56
Dimensions (m): 11.5 x 0.6 C
Lidar: SX 66746 84348
Guide Map: 20
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (4.5 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 66746 84348

Notes

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)
• Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
• Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
• Newman, Phil, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon. Supplement. The Lakeside Area and Lowton Farmsteads, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2013)
• Pengelly, William, Recent Discoveries in the Parishes of Chagford and Manaton, Devonshire, T.D.A. Vol.12 pp.365-379 (1880)
• 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, Barrow Report 16, T.D.A. Vol.29 pp. (1897)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Kistvaens at Thornworthy, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries pp.49-50 (1931)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)