Brent Fore Hill Stone Row
Photo taken on 06-03-2016
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 66848 61345
OS Source: SRGB
HER record: 5765
Megalithic Portal: 1777
The Stone Rows of GB: Brent Fore Hill
PMD: Brent Fore Hill Stone Row
Alternate name: Brent Fore Hill
Short Name: SR Brent Fore
Butler map: 56.10
DPD page: 83
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Barrow Report: 66
Dimensions (m): 120
Lidar: SX66856135
Notes: "The remains of a stone row and cairn on Brent Fore Hill. The row is crossed by two leats, one of which is now disused. The cairn is visible as a low mound of turf-covered stones of 13.5 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high". Lethbridge East Glaze Brook stone row p.83. See also: Sea Views at Brent Fore Hill
Nearby sites: SX66856135
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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.
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 66, T.D.A. Vol.79 pp.31-34 (1947)
- 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 1, T.D.A. Vol.24 pp.387-417 (1892)