Cholwich Town Stone Row

OS Map: SX 58500 62300
OS Source: SRGB
HER record: 2438
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: SX58506230
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.
Nearby sites: SX58506230

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.

• Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
• Davidson, C. & Seabrook, R., Stone rings on south-east Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
• Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
• Eogan, George and Simmons, I.G., The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 30 , pp. 25 - 38 (1964)
• Fox, Aileen, 27th Report on Archaeology and Early History, T.D.A. Vol.95 pp.74-86 (1963)
• Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
• Simmons, I. G., Pollen diagrams from Dartmoor, New Phytologist 63, 165-180 (1964)
• Simmons, I. G., Environment and Early Man on Dartmoor, (1969)
• Somer Cooks J.V., A Dartmoor Century 1883-1983, (1983)
• Worth, R. Hansford, The Erme, Yealm and Torry part 1, T.P.I. Vol.11 part 1 pp.173-183 (1892)
• Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)
• Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.24 pp.387-417 (1892)