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This Page Contains Details of all Stone Rows within Map Square 67

Roundhill
Roundhill OSGR SX 6106 7444

Comments 
Now considered to be a reave. Baring-Gould may have been referring to Ringhill, Postbridge, GR 647 794? 

References 
Worth 64* 
TDA XXVI (1894) SRD III, p302. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 151, Lydford 78. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
Butler IV (1993) 65.1, V (1997) p214. 

HER/SMR number 6217 SX 67 SW/4 
NMR number 443241 SX 67 SW 3 

Roundhill E.
Roundhill E. OSGR SX 6121 7439

Comments
 
Small mound (on some 1:10560 maps, marked as tumulus, on others "pillow mound"), with intermittent line of stones. 
Possibly a field wall. 

References 
A. Prowse TDA XXXIII (1901) p498. 

HER/SMR number 6220 SX 67 SW/5/1 
NMR number 443244 SX 67 SW 4 

Higher White Tor
Higher White Tor OSGR SX 6194 7842

Comments 
Upper terminal perhaps a recumbent stone. 

References Worth 71* 
TDA IV ii (1871) p507, 30 (1898) RDEC 5, p98-9. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p246. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 29.16. 
Dave Parks row 71:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 5834 SX 67 NW/3. 
NMR number 442525 SX 67 NW 6 

A plan of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p65. 

Moorlands
Moorlands OSGR SX 6234 7344

Comments 
A reave. 

References 
Worth 54. 
TDA LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p311. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p230. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities V (1997) p214. 

HER/SMR number 6306 SX 67 SW/59 
NMR number 443337 SX 67 SW 36 

Joan Ford's Newtake
Joan Ford's Newtake OSGR SX 6319 7198

Comments 
Possibly a modern modification of a prehistoric wall system (NMR SX 67 SW 55) SRD III indicates there may be another similar structure in May's Newtake nearby,
(see HER/SMR number 6375 SMR SX 67 SW/86). 

References 
TDA XXIV (1892) SRD I, p389, XXVI (1894) SRD III, p307. 
DASP 41 (1983) p123. 
E. Hemery High Dartmoor (1983) 362. 

HER/SMR number 12963 SX 67 SW/52/1. 
NMR numbers 443435 SX 67 SW 66 and 620445 SX 67 SW 262 

Sherberton
Sherberton OSGR SX 6390 7330

Comments 
Found in 1997. But Crossing may refer to it on p462, as 'a reave runs from down it to Little Shurberton'.

References 
W Crossing ​Guide to Dartmoor (1912) 462.
Dartmoor Magazine 47 (1997) 18. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities V (1997) p211. 
Dave Parks row 87:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

A plan of the site can be found at Butler V (1997) p211. 
A map of the area can be found at Butler V (1997) p210. 

Lakehead Hill 6
Lakehead Hill 6 OSGR SX 6427 7728

Comments 
Within forestry area. Butler gives GR 6418 7730. On 23rd April 2019, the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust examined some stones in this area, before clear felling of the trees.

References 
Worth 53. 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p440?, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p311. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p230. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27,19.14. 
Ted Birkett-Dixon Dartmoor Magazine 53 (1998) p29.
Dave Parks row 53:- stone rows, & row table. 

HER/SMR number 5844 SX 67 NW/11. 
NMR number 442546 SX 67 NW 13. 

A map of the area can be found at Butler II (1991) p49. 

Bellever Tor
Bellever Tor OSGR SX 643 765

Comments 
3 upright stones on E (?W?) side of tor. Many naturally upright stones in the area. 

References 
HER/SMR number 30130 SX 67 NW/243 
NMR number 898018 SX 67 NW 234

Lakehead Hill 5
Lakehead Hill 5 OSGR SX 6434 7750

Comments 
The plain cairn near a cisted cairn. SRD IV:- "perhaps a stone row led 250', but only 3 stones are in position." 
Some  stones to E, with 3 aligned towards 59.5 true, may have been interpreted as row by RNW. 
Butler mentions 3 or 4 slabs in line 40m to SE. 

References 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV; p440, XXVIII (1896) RDEC 3, p183. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27.19.5. 

A map of the area can be found at Butler II (1991) p49. 

Lakehead Hill 4
Lakehead Hill 4 OSGR SX 6436 7747

Comments 
The cisted cairn near a plain cairn, SRD IV: "apparently a line of stones led in a SE direction for 150-200'." 

References 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p439; XXVIII (1896) RDEC 3 p182-3. 
J.Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27.19.6. 

A map of the area can be found at Butler II (1991) p49. 

Lakehead Hill 3
Lakehead Hill 3 OSGR SX 6436 7764

Comments 
Probably a double row, with a blocking Stone at W end. Oriented (roughly) on Haytor, and more accurately on Longaford Tor, which is now (August 2016) visible from the site, whereas the view towards the east is more restricted than before. It could be imagined that the blocking stone was designed to mirror the shape of Longaford Tor.
RN Worth (1895) considered it possibly a reave.
If this is Worth 52, the position given by RH Worth in 1946 (3° 54' 58" W 50° 34' 56" N) is very inaccurate and is closer to that of Worth 51, but the description is similar, though there are signs that the row was double, and the cist (presumably that relating to Worth 51) is not in line with it.
On 17th August, 2016, a stone in this row (just E of the blocking stone) which had become loose, was repaired by a team from the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust, headed by Paul Rendell and the DNPA archaelogist Andy Crabb. The blocking stone was leaning towards the west, and some attention was also given to that. (Some conifer regrowth in the Lakehead Hill area was then removed as well).
Paul Rendell suggests there is a further row to the SE with a blocking stone at the NW end, linking this site with the Lakehead Hill stone row.

References 
Worth 52?
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p439, TDA LXXVIII (1946) p311. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27, 19.3. 
Dave Parks row 52:- stone rows, & row table. 
EH/DNPA Bellever (2011 ISBN 978 905981 71 1) p13, 24
HER/SMR number 5930 SX 67 NW/60. 
NMR number 442697 SX 67 NW 64.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

A plan of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p50. 
A map of the area can be found at Butler II (1991) p49

Lakehead Great Cairn
Lakehead Great Cairn OSGR SX 6449 7761

Comments 
Eastern continuation oriented (roughly) on Hay Tor. Paul Rendell suggests a  possible row leading NW. See Lakehead Hill 3. On 23rd April 2019, the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust stabilized two stones of the retaining circle.

References 
Worth 51 (and 52?). 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p439, XXVIII (1896) RDEC 3 p182, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p310-1. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p229-230. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 123. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 149. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27, 19.4. 
Dave Parks row 51:- stone rows, row table, & sites. 
EH/DNPA Bellever (2011 ISBN 978 905981 71 1) p4, 6, 10, 12-3, 24.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 5873 SX 67 NW/28/3. 
NMR number 442599 SX 67 NW 32 

Photographs of the site can be found at TDA XXVIII (1896) RDEC 3 p183 and Butler V (1997) Pl 29. 
A plan of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p50. 
Maps of the area can be found at Pettit (1974) p100, & Butler II (1991) p49. 

Lakehead Hill 2
Lakehead Hill 2 OSGR SX 6470 7742

Comments 
Stones plundered for an ancient hedge which runs in parallel. Fine cairn with cist within double circle. 
Row not now visible. 
Burnard (TDA XXII 1890, p206) refers to another possible row to the south, within an enclosure. 

References 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p439, XXVIII (1896) RDEC 3 p183. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 27.19.7. 
Dave Parks row 79:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 5875 
NMR number 442608 SX 67 NW 35 

A map of the area can be found at Butler II (1991) p49. 

Ringhill
Ringhill OSGR SX 6480 7945

Comments 
Various stones have been reported in the vicinity of Ringhill, near Postbridge. 

References 
TDA XXVI (1894) SRD III, p302; XXXV (1903) BR 22, p141; 113 (1981) 152, 155. 

HER/SMR number 5856 SX 67 NW/21 
NMR number 442575 SX 67 NW 24 

Laugh Tor II
Laugh Tor II OSGR SX 6519 7539

Comments 
Discovered 1990, "very little remains", but Heritage Gateway says it was discovered in 1965 by the Woolners. Cleared of vegetation on 18th September 2019 by the Dartmoor Preservation Association.

References 
J.Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 28.12, V (1997) pp215 & 221. 
Dave Parks row 82:- stone rows, & row table.
Legendary Dartmoor
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 53417 SX 67 NE/315 and 6002 SX 67 NE26/1 
NMR number 915069 SX 67 NE 94 

A plan of the site can be found at Butler V (1997) p215.

Laugh Tor I
Laugh Tor I OSGR SX 6521 7539
a
Comments 
Divided by stone wall. Cleared of vegetation on 13th and 18th September 2019 by the Dartmoor Preservation Association.

References 
Worth 50. 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p542, XLVI (1914) 70-1, LXXII (1940) p197. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p229, 245 (twice). 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 151. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 28 12.1. 
Dave Parks row 50:- stone rows, row table, & sites
Legendary Dartmoor
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 6003 SX 67 NE/27 
NMR number 442476 SX 67 NE 28 

A plan of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p59. 
A photograph of the site can be found at TDA LXXII (1940) Pl IV, or Worth Dartmoor Pl 56.  

Holne Ridge
Holne Ridge OSGR SX 6673 7108

Comments 
Four stones remain standing, two on each side of a double stone row. One fallen stone gives the appearance of the side of a cist. 

References 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities IV (1993) 60.26.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 12981 
NMR number 443031 SX 67 SE 60 

A plan of the site can be found at Butler IV (1993) p195. 
A map of the area can be found at Butler IV (1993) p195. 

Holne Moor
Holne Moor OSGR SX 6743 7105

Comments 
Triple row, which runs parallel with a reave. Found by the Woolners. 

References 
DAES Newsletter No.2, December 1962 p.3 
A. Fleming The Dartmoor Reaves (1988) 60 (Fig 34). 
Butler IV (1993) 60.25. 
Dave Parks row 73:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 12983 SX 67 SE/139. 
NMR number 443069 SX 67 SE 72 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler IV (1993) p193, V (1997) p245 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 
Maps of the area can be found at Fleming 1988 p60 and Butler IV (1993) p193. 

Red Barrows
Red Barrows OSGR SX 6767 7998

Comments 
Ruined in 1898, now untraceable. 

References 
Worth 65* 
TDA XXX (1898) RDEC 5, p98, XXXV (1903) RDEC 9,p145. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 155, Manaton 4. 
Butler II (1991) 24.2. 
Dave Parks row 65:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 6015 
NMR number 1234904 SX 67 NE 233 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler V (1997) p38

Rogues Roost
Rogues Roost OSGR SX 6776 7515

Comments 
Found by Dr TAP Greeves 1991. 

References 
Dartmoor Magazine 66 (Spring 2002) p6.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 62934 SX 67 NE/321

Yar Tor
Yar Tor OSGR SX 6818 7385

Comments 
The description given in 1895, of a triple row that was destroyed by 1897, is approximately in line with, and with the same orientation,
as the surviving row, which was discovered by RHW in 1936. Butler (1991) suggests the desicription fits part of the row north of the cairn, rather than a continuation south.
Until recently (Sep 2012) the site had been covered in gorse, but it is now  visible, due to swaling.

References 
Worth 49. 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p442; LXIX (1937) BR 56, p76-9; LXXIII (1941) p237, LXXV (1943) 53, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p308-310. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p227-9, 236, 245. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 178, Widecombe 21. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 125-7, 14.11. 
Dave Parks row 49:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 6459 SX 67 SE/73 (Also SMR SX 67 SE/115). 
NMR number 442883 SX 67 SE 10 

Plans of the site can be found at TDA LXIX (1937) 77 & 79; LXXIII (1941) 237; LXXVIII (1946) 309, RH
Worth Dartmoor (1953) p228, and Butler I, 125. 

Sherwell
Sherwell OSGR SX 6838 7455

Comments 
"A disorganized line of earthfast stones .... giving the appearance of a dismantled bank rather than a stone row." 

References 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities Vol I (1991) 15.1, p129. 

Corndon Down
Corndon Down OSGR SX 6847 7393

Comments 
Butler (1991) suggests a double stone row of about a dozen set slabs aligned directly downhill from a cairn. On 13th Sep 2009, the immediate area downhill was gorse covered, but there are four stones further down, which might be artificially set, at 68460 73905, 68450 73891, 68448 73881 and 68445 73872. They show no significant alignment with each other or the cairn. There are similar possibly set stones in a line on the opposite slope, SE of Yar Tor.
In Sep 2012, the gorse was lower, but no stone row was apparent to this  observer.
Crossing may have been referring to the Yar Tor triple row.
. 

References 
W. Crossing Guide to Dartmoor (1912) 459. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 15.4, p 131, 170. 

Sherberton Common

Sherberton Common 
OSGR SX 6910 7330

Comments
 
Destroyed by 1897, but the location is very poorly specified. Butler (1997) suggested a structure similar to that at Metherel. 
Possibly that referred to in Baring-Gould A Book of Dartmoor, 1900, p54 - "on a common near Leusdon", but he says that one was
destroyed in 1898 to repair the Ashburton road. 
See an article by Dr GAM Gerrard in the Newsletter of Archaeological Club of Eggesford for September 2020:-
"despite reports of its destruction the site described by R.N. Worth was found at SX 69175 73235."
A photograph and a plan are given. Dr Gerrard concludes that Jeremy Bulter correctly identified tha site to be a passageway between Bronze Age fields.

References 
Worth 47. 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p441-2; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p307. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p226-7. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 178, Widecombe 22. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 120, 11.6, V (1997) p214, 225.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 6426 SX 67 SE/44 &/or 6511 SX 67 SE/115 
NMR number 443097 SX 67 SE 82 

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