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Summary

Longstone at west end of triple stone row on Holne Moor with a smaller blocking stone to the south visible on aerial photograph

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020487: Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE72
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/139
• Old SAM Ref: 22368
• Pastscape: 443069

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STANDING STONE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Taylor, I., 1987, Triple stone row on Holne Moor (Personal Comment). SDV153227.

Telephone call on 24th July 1987. At western end a triangular blocking stone flanked by two recumbent stones.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 193, Map 60, Figure 60.14.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.

'Longstone' at west end of 'Holne Moor triple stone rows' is a fallen pillar of 3.4 metres long. It is flanked by a shorter pillar 1.7 metres long facing the south row and probably another on the north side which has disappeared though its site is marked by a depression in the ground.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Fallen pillar at west end of rows visible on aerial photograph with another smaller one to the south.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 443069, SX67SE72 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 13th July 1977. Immediately to the west of the rows are two prone slabs which may have been standing stones. One is 0.5 metres by 0.3 metres and 3.5 metres long, the other 0.8 metres by 0.3 metres and 2.0 metres long.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020487 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument, which falls into four seperate areas of protection, includes a stone alignment.

Newman, P., 2024, A Triple Stone Row on Holne Moor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A New Survey and Assessment of Condition (Report - Survey). SDV365906.

Survey undertaken in February 2024 to record the stone alignments and plot the current spread of erosion which is affecting the site. See record for stone rows - MDV12983.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
• EDV9016 - Survey of the triple stone row on Holne Moor

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