Yar Tor Stone Row
Photo taken on 15-07-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 68177 73857
OS Source: SRGB
HER: MDV6459
Megalithic Portal: 2199
The Stone Rows of GB: Yar Tor
PMD: Yar Tor Stone Row
Alternate name: Yar Tor
Short Name: SR Yar Tor
Butler map: 14.11
DPD page: 122
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Barrow Report: 56
Dimensions (m): 250
Lidar: SX 68177 73857
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (1.1 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 68177 73857
Notes
"The remains of a probable triple stone row with a cairn and cist at its south end and a barrow at its north. The row comprises stones set 2m apart and standing to a height of 0.3m. Some are concealed beneath the turf. The cairn measures 11m in diameter and 0.3m high with a central cist surrounded by a kerb. The barrow is 6m in diameter and 1m high". Lethbridge Corndon Triple Row pp.122-3. See also: Sea Views at Yar TorReferences
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.1: The East, (1991)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Retaining circles associated with stone rows Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.73 pp.227-38 (1941)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 2, T.D.A. Vol.79 pp.175-186 (1947)
- Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 4, T.D.A. Vol.27 pp.437-442 (1895)