Shaugh Moor Stone Row
Photo taken on 12-09-2022
OS Map: SX 55422 63435
OS Source: SRGB
HER record: 2434
Megalithic Portal: 2121
The Stone Rows of GB: Shaugh Moor
PMD: Shaugh Moor Stone Row
Alternate name: Shaugh Moor row
Short Name: SR:ShaughMoor
Butler map: 48.5
DPD page: 55
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 179
Lidar: SX55426344
Notes: "A single stone row 587 feet long, the spacing of the stones varies between 3 feet and 5 feet, centre to centre. At the Southwest end there is a retaining circle 50 feet in diameter. The stones of the row are very small and sunk into the peat, making them hard to find. A stone row 164m long aligned SW-NE over the brow and down the south side of the valley. The terminals are not intervisible. It is composed of small stones, normally between 35 and 10cm high, the tallest (65cms) being at the apparent northern terminal. Where the stones have been removed their original positions can be identified from depressions in the turf". Lethbridge p.54-55, diagram p.55. See also: Sea Views at Shaugh Moor
Nearby sites: SX55426344
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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)
- Wainwright G. J. , Fleming A. and Smith K., The Shaugh Moor Project: First Report, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 45 , December 1979 , pp. 1 - 33 (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)