Drizzlecombe Ceremonial Complex
Photo taken on 31-08-2014
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Drizzlecombe Ceremonial Complex (Photos 1)
OS Map: SX 592 670
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV3376
Megalithic Portal: 1906
PMD: Drizzlecombe C
Alternate name: Drizzlecombe
Short Name: CX Drizzle
Butler map: 49.19
DPD page: 38
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 592 670
Guide Map: 48
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (6.2 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 592 670
Notes
Lethbridge pp.38-42. Diagram p.38. Ceremonial complex consisting of three stone rows headed by massive standing stones and also associated cairns and cists.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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 12, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.49-52 (1890)
- Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.24 pp.387-417 (1892)