Fernworthy S.W. Stone Row
Photo taken on 25-07-2015
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65479 84105
OS Source: SRGB
HER record: 14886
Megalithic Portal: 1934
The Stone Rows of GB: Fernworthy 3
PMD: Fernworthy A Stone Row
Alternate name: Fernworthy 3
Short Name: SR Fernwthy SW
Butler map: 35.15.3
DPD page: 138
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 31
Lidar: SX65488411
Notes: Butler Row 3. "A disturbed double stone row is centred SX 65488408. It is 21m long and is oriented N to S. At the N end is a cairn (SX 68 SE 58) offset slightly W of the alignment of the row. Beyond this to the N is Fernworthy Stone Circle (SX 68 SE 56). The S end of the row is not very well preserved. The plan of 1898 depicts it terminating at a stone in the face of a wall, although the wall has since been removed. The stones in the row average 0.5m to 0.6m tall and lie in an area of amorphous modern earthworks up to 0.3m deep." DNP Post 1D.
Nearby sites: SX65488411
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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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.30 pp.97-115 (1898)
- Burnard, Robert, Early Man, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 (1906)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Newman, Phil, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2013)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1st Edition), (1848)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)