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| HER Number: | MDV130912 |
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| Name: | Stone alignment, Cripdon Down |
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Summary
Hemery (1983) records a stone row here.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 735 808 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78SW73
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 898366
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STONE ALIGNMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 724-5 (Monograph). SDV249702.
Stone row, Cripdon Down. North-west of the hut circles depicted on the Ordnance Survey map (SX 78 SW 17) and west of the Cripdon Down summit pile is a single stone row, 120 yards long passing over the crest of the Down. At the northern end is a very large fallen slab (destroyed cist?). The lower, southern end has stones of a greater size than the majority, one 7 feet long could have former a blocking stone. The stones are evenly spaced and not generally large.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 21/06/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
(SX735808. Stone row approximately located from Hemery's description and OS 10560 1963).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV249702 | Monograph: Hemery, E.. 1983. High Dartmoor. High Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 724-5. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 21/06/2021. [Mapped feature: #130786 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8694 - The Defence of Britain Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 21 2021 4:02PM |
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