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Dartmoor Site: Cholwich Town Stone Row

Cholwich Town Stone Row

Database entries

OS Map: SX 585 623
OS Source: SRGB
HER: MDV2438
Megalithic Portal: 1824
The Stone Rows of GB: Cholwichtown
PMD: Cholwich Town Stone Row
Alternate name: Cholwichtown stone row
Short Name: SRxCholwich
Butler map: 48.7
Exist: No
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 217
Lidar: SX 585 623
Nearby sites: SX 585 623

Notes

"This ring and stone row is now covered by china clay waste. A stone row and circle on top of a low ridge, between Tory Brook and a tributary of the Yealm, near Cholwich Town. The row, extending over 700ft, consisted of uprights 2-3ft. high and 3ft. apart, the circle, at the northern end of the row, was 15ft. in diameter with seven upright stones. The site was excavated in 1961, and the sockets of many missing stones were found, also a pit 8ft. in diameter in the centre of the circle." Pollen analysis suggested the row was originally in a clearing of a wooded area.

References

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