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Summary

Standing stone at the west end of Drizzlecombe stone row '1' of 2.3 metres high is the smallest of the terminal longstones at Drizzlecombe stone rows

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Menhir' shown on early 20th century map.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 135-41, Map 49, Figure 49.19 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Longstone at the west end of Drizzlecombe stone row '3' of 2.3 metres high is the shortest of the three menhirs.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

End of row shown on survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape

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