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Summary

Pool on the summit of the hill near a stone row. Some of the stones from the double stone row appear to have been lost in the pool. Previously incorrectly identified from aerial photograph as an enclosure. One of over 40 pools on Dartmoor thought to have originated in the Prehistoric period.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/268

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• POND (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4442 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Small walled enclosure visible on the aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report, 1992 (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

Goat's Pool. Considered under the Monument Protection Programme but not recommended for scheduling because this feature is a pond, not an enclosure.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 45 (Monograph). SDV137656.

A few of the stones in the double stone row have been lost to Goatstone Pool on the summit of the hill.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

'Pond' is depicted on the modern mapping.

Greeves, T. A. P., 2019, Dartmoor's Sacred Pools. Design in the Prehistoric Landscape, 21, Goad's Stone Pool (Article in Serial). SDV363426.

SX 5570 7065 Goad's Stone Pool measures 30 by 28m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period, and may have been used to deposit votive items, although these Dartmoor examples may have alternative significance as designed prehistoric elements in the landscape. Many are located on ridge tops and in conjunction with cairns, stone rows and other prehistoric features. Further research may well reveal more about these interesting features.SX 73221 82335 Easdon B measures 9 by 6.5m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period, and may have been used to deposit votive items, although these Dartmoor examples may have alternative significance as designed prehistoric elements in the landscape. Many are located on ridge tops and in conjunction with cairns, stone rows and other prehistoric features. Further research may well reveal more about these interesting features.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8225 - Survey of an area of Walkhampton CommonSurvey of an area of Walkhampton Common
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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