More information : [SS 7940 4321] Stones (NR) (1)
There is a quadrilatural of stones on Trout Hill, near the fence.
Lat. 51 deg 10' 29.75" Long. 3 deg 43' 31.25". The OS 25" of 1887-8
shows five stones but Chanter and Hansford Worth found only three and
their survey does not agree with the OS [Both surveys are shown on
plan. See Illustrations Card.] (2)
Only three stones of this group survive. The tallest is 0.8m.
Surveyed at 1/2500; see GP AO/65/127/7. See SS 84 SW 27 for type
site. (3)
Bronze Age. (4)
No change: surveyed at 1/2500 on PFD. (5)
SS 795432. Standing stones on Trout Hill. Scheduled. (Scheduled
stones include this setting and also SS 74 SE 5).
(6-7)
SS 794432. Stone setting on Trout Hill formerly comprised 4 stones, 3 upright and 1 fallen. In 1982 there were only 3 uprights. (8)
Trout Hill 1 SS 79414322
A setting of upright stones in a triangular arrangement with two other stones to the E and N. They possibly indicate an irregular quadrilateral with (c) as a central stone. The sides of the triangle are 6m, 7m and 10m.
All the stones appear to be of local sedimentary rocks of the Hangman Grits series.
It is sited in coarse grass with rushy patches above a shelf on a NNE-facing slope at the N end of Trout Hill. It commands views down the Badgworthy Water Valley to the N.
Two other stone settings lie close at hand, SS 74 SE 5 is 185m to the SE and SS 74 SE 89 is 340m to the S. All three settings occupy the same contour just below the crest of the hill. A further table of information on the stones is held in the archive. (9)
Source 11a states that stone D (surveyed by RCHME in 1988 as a recumbant slab) could not be found, but that a previously unrecorded upright exists close by. Field investigation shows that the stone surveyed by RCHME in 1988 (10), as a recumbant slab has now been set upright in almost the same place. The stone can be easily withdrawn from its hole; its siting must now be treated as dubious. (11a, 11)
Stone Setting Scheduled. (12)
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