Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63703 60687
OS Source: PDW
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
Alternate name: Burford Down
Short Name: SS BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 2.7
Lidar: SX 63703 60687
Nearby sites: SX 63703 60687
Notes
"The alleged blocking stone noted by Parsons measures 2.7m by 1.0m and has been split by drilling." TDA Vol. 85 (1953) pp. 145-147 (Hamlyn Parsons).
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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Davidson, C. & Seabrook, R., Stone rings on south-east Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Hankin, C. F., An archaeological check-list for Harford, Devon Archaeological Society/DCRA publications no.11 (1982)
- Parsons, Hamlyn, Investigations into the Burford Down Stone Row, D.A.S.P. No.85 pp.145-147 (1953)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Replies to Falcon on Various Issues, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries Vol 4 pp.10-13 (1907)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)