The Hanging Stone OSGR SX 5835 6367
Comments
Used as part of a wall, and as a boundstone, having the letters "SP" (or "CB") cut into it.
Rowe suggests it was the remains of a dolmen. Brian Byng (pers. comm.) reports traces of a stone row.
References
S. Rowe A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1896) 180-1.
TDA LXXII (1940) 192-3.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) 266-7.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 147.
E. Hemery High Dartmoor (1983) 208-9.
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 63.
Dave Parks menhirs.
Legendary Dartmoor
HER/SMR number 2423 SX 56 SE/21
NMR number 439211 SX 56 SE 36
Photographs of the stone may be seen at TDA LXXII (1940) Pl V, or Worth Dartmoor Pl 57, and Butler Vol V p53.
Comments
Used as part of a wall, and as a boundstone, having the letters "SP" (or "CB") cut into it.
Rowe suggests it was the remains of a dolmen. Brian Byng (pers. comm.) reports traces of a stone row.
References
S. Rowe A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1896) 180-1.
TDA LXXII (1940) 192-3.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) 266-7.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 147.
E. Hemery High Dartmoor (1983) 208-9.
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 63.
Dave Parks menhirs.
Legendary Dartmoor
HER/SMR number 2423 SX 56 SE/21
NMR number 439211 SX 56 SE 36
Photographs of the stone may be seen at TDA LXXII (1940) Pl V, or Worth Dartmoor Pl 57, and Butler Vol V p53.