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This Page Contains Details of all Stone Rows within Map Square 58

Arms Tor
Arms Tor OSGR SX 5362 8630

Comments
 
RN Worth (1895) says there is "a menhir, 5' high... and more or less in line with this, down the
hill to the NW, are scattered upright stones, which may have formed part of a row." 
The "menhir" is a boundary for the Lydford and Bridestow parishes. 
The scattered stones are not upright. 

References 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p437-8. 

HER/SMR number 4640 SX 58 NW/9/6/1 
NMR number 440542 SX 58 NW 12

Little Links Tor
Little Links Tor OSGR SX 5416 8747 

Comments 
"Four upright stones standing 0.6m high." Reported by Dr GAM Gerrard in 1993. 
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References
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 51434 SX 58 NW/147 
NMR number 965815 SX 58 NW 38 

Sourton Down
Sourton Down OSGR SX 5460 8944 

Comments
 
A cairn alignment. 

References 
J.R. Turner DASP 49, 1991 p143-4. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 32, 36, 60. 

A photograph of the site can be found at DASP 49, 1991, p143. 
Plans of the site can be found at DASP 49, 1991, p144 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 
A map of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Fig 37, p60. 

Cut Hill
Cut Hill OSGR SX 5992 8275 

Comments 
A line of at least six recumbent stones, discovered by Dr TAP Greeves in 2004. 

References 
Dartmoor Magazine No 75, Summer 2004, p4, where there is a plan and a photograph. 
PPS Past No 47, (7/2004). Follow the links to find a plan and some photographs. 
Antiquity 84 (2010) 55-70. News Release 
Ancient stones older than Stonehenge discovered on Dartmoor 
Stone row sheds new light on Dartmoor prehistoric life 
The Legendary Cut Hill of Dartmoor 
Dave Parks row 88:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 69604 SX 58 SE/12 
NMR number 1405946 SX 58 SE 84 

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