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| HER Number: | MDV5197 |
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| Name: | Harbourne Head Standing Stone, Dean Prior |
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Summary
Harbourne Head standing stone is a thin triangular slab 2.4 metres high
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 696 650 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Harbournehead Standing Stone. Menhir 150 metres west of the head of the Harbourne stream.
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE42
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441478
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/23
- Pastscape: 441478
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STANDING STONE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1940, The Dartmoor Menhirs, 192 (Article in Serial). SDV231163.
Harbourne Head menhir. The menhir stands 150 meters to the west of the head of Harbourne Stream. It has a triangular profile. The stone leans considerably to the west. Other details: Plate 3, figure 2-3.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX66NE42 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152865.
(06/06/1951) A slab of moorland granite leaning about 10 degrees out of the vertical, standing in a slight depression probably worn by cattle using it as a rubbing post. It is 2.4 metres in length and 1.0 metres by 0.3 metres with its base tapering to 0.3 metres by 0.15 metres.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 159, Map 57 (Monograph). SDV337765.
'Harbourne Head standing stone'. The pillar is a thin triangular slab 2.4 metres high and tilting slightly downhill and is a prominent object on the skyline from the south-west. There seems no reason to doubt its prehistoric ancestry.
Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.
This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
'Standing Stone' shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV152865 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951. SX66NE42. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV231163 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1940. The Dartmoor Menhirs. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 72. Paperback Volume. 192. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 159, Map 57. |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #94143 ] |
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| SDV345444 | Un-published: Gerrard, S.. 2004. List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 21 2021 3:51PM |
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