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Summary

'the knowstone'. A small standing stone. Said to turn round when it hears the cock crow (tyler).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS82SW/15

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STANDING STONE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Weddell, P. J., Report. (Report - Survey). SDV23526.

Vis=25/1/1983 (weddell) above details correct. Turf recently pressed around its base on north side. Animal tracks around it. See worksheet. Site is on preferred route of ndlr2 (weddell).

Wilkin, W. H., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV31915.

Stone, 1.3m high, with depression around its base possibly indicating its use by animals as a rubbing stone (wilkin).

LETTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35728.

Vis=-/-/1981 (eardley wilmot) the stone is columnar in the lower part and three-cornered at the top. The three corners point in the direction of three possible prehistoric roads that appear to meet here. The upper part appears dressed (letter).

Tyler, F. C., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60224.

'the knowstone'. A small standing stone. Said to turn round when it hears the cock crow (tyler).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60228.

Possible trackway visible on aph just to sw: see ss82sw/28.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Vis=-/-/1982 (eardley wilmot) stone may have been reused. Situated at significant position, as shown on sketch plan (worksheet).

JCT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60231.

Stone moved 27/5/1987. Recorded by exeter museums afu (jct).

SS82462169, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60233.

For present location (ss82462169) + state see ss82sw/93.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60234.

Osa=ss82sw9.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60235.

Grinsell, l. V. /archaeology of exmoor/(1970)49,159,190.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60236.

Tyler, f. C. /tda/59(1927)150.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60237.

Des=eardley wilmot, h. /letter in parish file/(-/-/1981).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60238.

Des=eardley wilmot, h. /worksheet in parish file/(29/3/1982)/with plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60239.

Wilkin, w. H. /dcnq/16(1930-1931)103,plate/moving stones.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60240.

Wilkin, w. H. /tda/64(1932)509/the vicars of knowstone-cum-holland.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV60241.

Aph=ndlr2(rcu)/7965,7966/(28/8/1975).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60242.

Des=worksheet (weddell)/(31/1/1983).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60243.

Des=slides in smr/(25/1/1983).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60244.

Des=tiverton gazette(2/6/1987)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV60245.

Pye, a. R. /emafu report 87.05/(oct 1987)/excavation of beaple's moor standing stone,knowstone,ne devon 1987.

Pye, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7765.

Emafu excavation in 1987, in advance of its removal revealed a small circular pit circa 0.50m deep into the n half of which the stone was set without any substantial packing. Its total length is 1.86m, with 1.34m above ground. No related features were located (pye).

TIVERTON GAZETTE, 1987, Ancient Stone Gives Way to Link Road (Article in Serial). SDV60230.

A prehistoric stone on beaple's moor has been removed from the line of the north devon link road. The three-cornered stone is believed by local archaeologists to be 3,000 to 4,000 years old. The transplantation of the stone was made by tarmac construction workers. The stone was eased gently out of the ground. It was then wrapped in a protective tarpaulin and transported in the front of a mechanical digger to its new resting place a few hundred yards west.

Egging Dinwiddy, K., 2017, Excavation of a Medieval Farmhouse with Adjacent Droveway, at Beaple's Moor Cross, Knowstone, 137 (Article in Serial). SDV361981.

The Knowstone (boundary stone of a man named Knutr or 'Knut's Stone' (citing Gover et al, 1932, 340) used to mark the junction between three ancient routes. Stone was relocated in the 1980s during the construction of the A361.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8601 - Excavation of proposed turbine site at Beaple's Moor Cross, Knowstone

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