White Ridge Standing Stone
Photo taken on 25-07-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64162 82653
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6771
Megalithic Portal: 51338
PMD: South Teignhead
Alternate name: South Teignhead
Short Name: SS White Ridge
Butler map: 35.18
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 2.7 x 0.7 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 64162 82653
Guide Map: 18
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (4.8 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 64162 82653
Notes
Possible recumbent standing stone. "A small circular 'pound' about 350 yards (sic) SE of Grey Wethers. It measures 75ft (N-S) by 66ft; the bank composed of small stone and earth is 6-8ft wide and 3ft high. An entrance on the W has one door jamb standing; this was excavated but nothing was found except a very fine flat stone on the subsoil which measured 9ft long by 3-4ft wide. Trial pits were dug inside the enclosure without success." TDA Vol. 34 pp.164 (1902)References
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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Eight Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.160-167 (1902)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Fleming, Andrew, Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions (2nd edition), (2008)