More information : Boulders [NAT] [Three Shewn] (1)
[ST 51370488] Standing Stones: Three stones 70 yds.
S.S.W of Beckhams Coppice. They are set upright as though to
form the end of a chamber. They measure 5' 9" high and 4' 6"
wide, 3' 6" high and 5' wide, and 4' high and 2' 6" wide.
8 yards to the W. are two prone stones 5' long and another
50yds to the S.S.W. which measures 8' by 4'. The intervening
space appears to have been disturbed. (2)
1/2 mile NW. of the Hoar Stones is a destroyed chambered long
barrow consisting of 4 stones, locally known as The Devil's Arm
Chair. [Probably applies.] (3)
Whereas the three stones are erected as if to form a chamber
they are particularly weathered and are rather flat.
Their heights are 1.2m, 1.5m and 1.8m. The significant fact
about the entire group is that they are situated on the floor
of a steep sided valley. The ground between the group of three
and the prostrate one to the south west has been dug out. The
other prostrate stones are covered by bushes.
There is evidence of light quarrying on the valley sides. These
stones may be contemporary with the quarrying. (4)
Perambulation revealed no traces of the
alleged long barrow in the area stated. If the remark is
intended to refer to these stones, the point is made that the
site is topographically unsuitable, the orientation (NNE-SSW)
is unusual, and the stones do not have the appearance of great
age in their present situation. There seems little to warrant
this site as an antiquity of any form. The legendary name
"Devil's Arm Chair" was unknown to local people questioned. (5)
These stones remain as described but they are not the remains of an
archaeological feature or setting. (6)
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