More information : (SX 595624) Stone Row (NR) Cairn (NR). (1)
A short double stone row 24ft. long and nearly 2ft. wide consisting
of two pairs of stones on the southern slope of Penn Beacon.
To the north end of the row there is a cairn approximately
52 feet in diameter and 6 foot high. It was excavated in 1872, a
cist was discovered, though the Capstan stone had collapsed at
one end. Fragments of a wide mouthed jar were found and a slate
implement, thought to be used for fashioning clay vessels. (2-3)
SX 59526247. This cairn lies on a false crest, on a moderate
clitter strewn slope at 340.0m. above O.D. and just above a
spring line.
It measures 16.0m. diameter, 1.1m. high and is built of small
boulders with a deep central disturbance and dip in the south
side, probably a result of the 1872 excavation (see authority 3).
The cairn stands at the north end of a double stone row which
extends for 7.0m. on a grid bearing of 213o and comprises two
pairs of stones, average size 0.6m. by 0.2m. and 0.4m. high, set
1.4m. apart.
There is no trace of further stones to the south where the ground
has been eroded to form a large hollow.
1:10 000 Survey on P.F.D.
Enlargement Survey at 1:100. (4)
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