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Summary

Four upright stones lie on the slopes above the right bank of the Drizzlecombe Brook. A fifth stone , on the plain adjacent to the Drizzlecombe stone rows has been recorded as a possible prehistoric feature (SX 56 NE 188). These stones form the corners of an enclosure created during a relatively recent outbreak of sheep scab.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE242
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1260494

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Stones depicted by Robertson.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(03/08/1999) Centred SX 58796682. Four upright stones lie on the lower slopes above both banks of the Drizzle Combe. The stones at:
SX 5885566857, SX 5870966946, SX 5857566712 and SX 5874366656 consist of a variety of unshaped granite slabs and posts between 0.8 and 2.0m high. None possess inscriptions and their origin and function are unclear though likely to lie in the medieval or later periods and probably relate to the nearby Ditsworthy Warren.
A fifth stone at SX 5899166934 lies on the plain adjacent to the Drizzlecombe stone rows and has been recorded as a possible prehistoric standing stone (SX 56 NE 188).
A sixth stone, at SX 5874566655, in the same general area and marked on the OS 1:10000 appears to be an abandoned gatepost.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(10/03/2005) The stones remain upright and in good condition.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website (Website). SDV364039.

These stones mark the corners of a temporary enclosure created during a relatively recent outbreak of sheep scab (citing oral information C Wakeham 11-02-2001).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7551 - Ditsworthy Warren: An archaeological investigation
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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