Harbourne Head Standing Stone
Photo taken on 25-03-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 69676 65105
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5197
Megalithic Portal: 42626
PMD: Harbourne Man Standing Stone
Alternate name: Harbourne Man
Short Name: SS Harbourne
Butler Vol 5: p.19
DPD page: 88
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 2.4 x 1.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 69676 65105
Nearest Bus Stop: Buckfast Higher Mill Lane (4.7 km) [Route: 88]
Nearby sites: SX 69676 65105
Notes
A standing stone represented by a leaning slab of moorland granite. It stands in a slight depression probably worn by cattle using it as a rubbing post. It is 2.40m in length and 1.0m by 0.3m at its base tapering to 0.3m by 0.15m. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Harbourne ManReferences
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Pettit, Paul, Prehistoric Dartmoor, (1974)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)