Grey Wethers (N) Stone Circle
Photo taken on 14-06-2009
Plan by RHW. Two Stone Circles on Dartmoor. T.D.A. Vol.71. 1939
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Grey Wethers Double Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 63875 83161
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6758
Megalithic Portal: 532
PMD: Grey Wethers Stone Circles
Alternate name: Grey Wethers (N)
Short Name: SC Grey Weth N
Turner: G4
DPD page: 134
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 31.5
Lidar: SX 63875 83161
Guide Map: 18
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (5.5 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 63875 83161
Notes
"Northern stone circle of the pair known collectively as The Grey Wethers. This circle measures 31.5 metres in diameter and is denoted by 20 upright granite slabs with an average height of 1.1 metres. Excavations carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee towards the end of the 19th century revealed a layer of charcoal covering the original ground surface. A shallow trench visible leading through the southern circle may be the result of this excavation. The circle was restored at this time"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.
- A-Z, Dartmoor Sketches, (1870)
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Sixth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.31 pp.146-155 (1899)
- Bate, C Spence, On the Prehistoric Antiquities of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.4 pp.491-516 (1871)
- Brailsford, J. W, Bronze Age Stone Monuments of Dartmoor, Antiquity Volume 12, Number 48 pp.444-63 (1938)
- Burnard, Robert, Dartmoor Pictorial Records, (1986)
- Chudleigh, J, Devonshire Antiquities, (1893)
- Evans, Rachel, Home Scenes, Or, Tavistock and Its Vicinity, (1846)
- Falcon, T.A., Dartmoor Illustrated, (1900)
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Two Stone Circles on Dartmoor, Swincombe Valley, and West Dart Valley, with a note on the Grey Wethers, T.D.A. Vol.71 pp.321-328 (1939)