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This Page Contains Details of all Stone Rows within Map Square 77

Top Tor
Top Tor OSGR SX 7356 7646

Comments 
Considered natural by Butler. 
The direction given by Grinsell is approximately towards his Widecombe 11. 

References 
Worth 69* 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 177, Widecombe 12. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 9.7 p61, V (1997) p215. 

Becky Falls
Becky Falls OSGR SX 7597 7986

References 
HER/SMR number 8103 SX 77 NE/53 

Trendlebeare Down
Trendlebeare Down OSGR SX 7661 7923

Comments 
Discovered in 1896, but this may be the same row as mentioned by Rowe in TPI 1830, p209, and again in the "Perambulation" (1896) p 138-9, and referred to in TDA XIV (1882) p154 (SMR SX 77 NE/53). 
New stones found in 1997. 

References 
Worth 48. 
S. Rowe TPI (1830) 209; Perambulation of Dartmoor (1896) 138-9. 
TDA XIV (1882) 154; XXVIII (1896) SRD V, p712, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p307-8. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p227. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 156. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities I (1991) 2.7. 
Dartmoor Magazine 47 (1997) 18. 
Dave Parks row 48:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 8076 SX 77 NE/29 
NMR number 444981 SX 77 NE 2 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler I (1991 p30 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 

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