Hart Tor South Stone Row
Photo taken on 25-05-2015
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hart Tor Stone Row & Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 57720 71698
OS Source: SRGB
HER record: 4895
Megalithic Portal: 1974
The Stone Rows of GB: Hart Tor South
PMD: Harter S Stone Row
Alternate name: Hart Tor South
Short Name: SR Hart Tor S
Butler map: 46.5.1
DPD page: 25
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 56.4
Lidar: SX57727170
Notes: Butler Row 2. The single row consists of 16 stones and is 56.4m long, although Gerrard suggests it was probably once much longer. The single row leads to a cairn which does not have a retaining circle. The cairn which has been robbed measures 7.4m in diameter and up to 0.75m high. For early description of both rows and the now missing menhir, see: Wilkinson J. Gardner, British Remains on Dartmoor, Journal Brit. Arch. Assoc. xviii. pp.22-53 (1862). Detailed survey of site in Hart Tor Stone Rows & Cairns, Meavy Valley Archaeology. Site Report No.9 - Sandy Gerrard (1999). See also notes for Hart Tor North Stone Row. Sea Views at Hart Tor, The Stone Rows and Cairns at Hart Tor Dartmoor Part One and The Stone Rows and Cairns at Hart Tor Dartmoor Part Two
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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.
- Bate, C Spence, On the Prehistoric Antiquities of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.4 pp.491-516 (1871)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Evans, Rachel, Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its Vicinity, (1846)
- Gerrard, Sandy, Hart Tor Stone Rows & Cairns, Meavy Valley Archaeology. Site Report No.9 (1999)
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Page, John Lloyd Warden, An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities, with some account of its borders, (1889)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Wilkinson J. Gardner, British Remains on Dartmoor, Journal Brit. Arch. Assoc. xviii. pp.22-53, 111-133. (1862)
- 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)