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| HER Number: | MDV5571 |
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| Name: | STANDING STONE in the Parish of Okehampton Hamlets |
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Summary
Vis=5/4/1978 (greeves) on the ridge or 'col' between the fishcombe water and a tributary of the redaven brook to the east, there is a prostrate granite stone. It is quite different in size and shape from other stones in the vicinity could this be the original stone which gave its name to longstone hill? it is lying a little north and west of the main group of cairns in the cairn cemetery on this ridge. C.3m high (worksheet). Vis=9/2/1994 (gerrard) recumbent stone 1.75m long, 0.8m wide, 0.45m thick (mpp).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 567 908 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/33
- Old SAM County Ref: 24163
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STANDING STONE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Unknown, MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA (Migrated Record). SDV331.
Vis=5/4/1978 (greeves) on the ridge or 'col' between the fishcombe water and a tributary of the redaven brook to the east, there is a prostrate granite stone. It is quite different in size and shape from other stones in the vicinity could this be the original stone which gave its name to longstone hill? it is lying a little north and west of the main group of cairns in the cairn cemetery on this ridge. C.3m high (worksheet). Vis=9/2/1994 (gerrard) recumbent stone 1.75m long, 0.8m wide, 0.45m thick (mpp).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260331.
Des=greeves, t. /worksheet.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260332.
Brailsford, j. W. /antiquity/12(1938)445,448/bronze age stone monuments of dartmoor.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260333.
Des=mpp/133363.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260334.
Butler, j. /dartmoor atlas of antiquities - the north/2(1990)215.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV260331 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV260332 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV260333 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV260334 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV331 | Migrated Record: Unknown. MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA. Monument Protection Programme. Unknown. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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