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HER Number: | MDV128579 |
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Name: | Standing stone, Amicombe Hill |
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Summary
Previously unrecorded standing stone noted during site visit in 2018. Also visible on aerial photographs. Located in a peat cutting with a recumbent stone about 5m to the south-east. Dating uncertain – it may have been erected by peat cutters after being uncovered.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 570 864 |
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Map Sheet: | SX58NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STANDING STONE (Constructed, Late Neolithic to XVIII - 3000 BC to 1751 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Gillard, M., 2018, Images of standing stone. Amicombe (Photograph). SDV363718.
Two images (with scale) taken of stone.
Gillard, M., 2018, Standing stone at Amicombe (Correspondence). SDV363717.
(July 2018) Previously unrecorded standing stone on Amicombe SX 57027 86490.
Visible on the Google Satellite aerial photographs. Located in a peat cutting with a recumbent stone about 5m to the south-east. Photographs taken. Dating uncertain – it may have been erected by peat cutters after being uncovered.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
Date Last Edited: | Jun 22 2020 11:08AM |
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