Penn Beacon S. Stone Row
Photo taken on 25-08-2017
OS Map: SX 59947 62553
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 2400
Megalithic Portal: 2076
The Stone Rows of GB: Penn Beacon South
PMD: Penn Beacon Stone Row
Alternate name: Penn Beacon S
Short Name: SR Penn Beac S
Butler map: 52.14
DPD page: 62
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 32.5
Lidar: SX59956255
Notes: "A single stone row, sixty-six feet long, the largest stone being about 2 1/2 feet high. This row is no more than a remnant". Lethbridge p.62 Penn stone row - diagram p.59.
Nearby sites: SX59956255
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Breton, Henry Hugh, The Forest of Dartmoor, (1990)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 10, T.D.A. Vol.50 pp.402-404 (1918)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)