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Summary

[Same as MDV4375] R. N. Worth (1894) alleges a stone alignment but this has not been located since, either by R. H. Worth, the Ordnance Survey, N. V. Quinnell, or the Royal Commission. Unlikely feature.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW29
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 444188
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/64

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STONE ALIGNMENT? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Worth, R. N., 1894, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part 3., 301 (Article in Serial). SDV234309.

(SX 612901) A stone row on the western slopes of Oke Tor runs a little north of west and east of south (should this direction be south of east?), directly downhill towards the river (East Okement). The row, which is single, runs between two large stone slabs which probably once formed part of cists, and at the further end two large stones lying prone within two yards of each other and measuring six feet and eleven feet six inches respectively. The two slabs measure 3 feet by 3 feet 6 inches, and 3 feet by 3 feet 10 inches, each approximately 8 inches thick. The second slab is some 50 yards further up the slope and is set amidst other stones which may have formed a circle. Between the slabs is a fallen stone five feet long.

Worth, R. H., 1946, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part 1, 299-300 (Article in Serial). SDV251172.

In 1894 my father reported the existence of a much ruined row on the west slope of Oke Tor. He never visited the spot again nor was I able to visit it during his lifetime, but he was not of speculative habit, and a survey would probably confirm his report.
With this probable exception stone rows are unknown in the valley of the East Ockment.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX69SW29, ?Osa=sx69sw43. (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV269399.

(08/08/1950) No trace of stone row nor of kist.
(04/09/1979) No trace of the row or the possible cists could be found.

Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor, 218 (Monograph). SDV231148.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 143 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Grinsell gives NGR SX 610-902- for apparently the same site. The cist is contained in the remains of a cairn.

Greeves, T. + Greeves, E., 1980, Alleged stone row, Oke Tor (Personal Comment). SDV269400.

(19/11/1980) This site may well be identical with SX69SW/64, at approx SX 612-901-.

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

Not visible on 1946 RAF photo.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(14/07/1993) An alleged stone row with terminal cairn and cist, sited supposedly on the western slope of Oke Tor and first described by R. N. Worth (1894). Grinsell (1978) also mentions a cist at SX 610 902, though he gives no description. No evidence of the row or the cairn and cist are visible today. The ground in the vicinity of the alleged row is heavily strewn with clitter.

Quinnell, N. V., 1995, Notes in Sites and Monument Record: stone rows (Personal Comment). SDV138550.

SX 6110 9015? (22/03/1995) Has never been found. R.H. Worth no 32 implies that he looked for it after R. N. Worth's death. Not found by OS in 1978.
Vis=14/7/1993 (rchm) no evidence of stone row or cairn visible and ground in vicinity is heavily strewn with clitter (rchm).
Vis=has never been found. Rh worth no 32 implies that he looked for it after rn worth's death. Not found by os in 1978 (nvq).

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(04/02/2004) No further information.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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