White Moor Stone Standing Stone
Photo taken on 13-06-2010
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Little Hound Tor Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 63359 89491
OS Source: Google
HER record: 4391
Megalithic Portal: 10326
PMD: White Moor Stone
Alternate name: White Moor Stone
Short Name: SS White Moor
Butler map: 40.5
Butler Vol 5: p.53
DPD page: 154
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.45
Lidar: SX63368949
Notes: The White Moor stone lies 160m to the SE of the Little Hound Tor stone circle and it is thought to be contemporary with the circle but probably out of position having been re-erected at some point. It is now a boundary marker.
Nearby sites: SX63368949
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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.
- Hemery, Eric, High Dartmoor: Land and People, (1983)
- Pettit, Paul, Prehistoric Dartmoor, (1974)
- Prowse, Arthur B., Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.185-199 (1890)
- Whale, T. W., Some Remarks on the Bounds of the Forest of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.25 pp.510-534 (1893)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)