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Summary

Inscribed stone thought to be at this location. Measurements are 1.35 metres high, visible width 0.45 metres.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze age parallel reave system on Haytor Down with a number of hut circle settlements, enclosures and prehistoric cairns, plus 19th century Bagtor Tin Mine

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/85
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• INSCRIBED STONE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1750 AD? (Between))

Full description

Greeves, T. A. P., 1983, Inscribed stone, Ilsington, 1/9/1983 (Worksheet). SDV302835.

A gatepost may possibly be a reused inscribed stone. Drawing on worksheet.

Brewer, D., 2002, Dartmoor Boundary Markers: And Other Markers on and Around the Moor, 102 (Monograph). SDV350689.

Gatepost (SX7673 7385). Markings down one side in 'the manner of the Oghamic alphabet, and yet does not appear to be of that Irish origin'.

Marchand, J., 2003, Inscribed stone at SX7681 7576 (Correspondence). SDV302836.

In correspondence from around 1985 Greeves describes an inscribed stone at SX7681 7576 with symbols that were 'fairly sharp and cut quite deeply'. Not thought to be Romano British or Ogham. Measurements are 1.35 metres high, visible width 0.45 metres.
Brewer's description of a stone at SX7673 7385 appears to refer to the same stone but may have an inaccurate grid reference.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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