Row of stones from Holne Moor

The row of stones at Holne Moor in Dartmeet near Buckfastleigh in Dartmoor in Devon in England is a multiple or triple row of stones about 150 feet long. Most of the stones barely protrude from the peat. At the western end there is a 3.4 m long, fallen menhir ( English standing stone)

A phosphate test on the Holne-Moor series indicated the possibility of a burial.

Dating

The row of stones discovered in 2004 on Cut Hill in north Dartmoor in Devon , England, is the first to be dated. The peat under stone 1 was calibrated to 3700-3540 BC using the radiocarbon method. The peat above it is calibrated to 2476–2245 BC. Chr.

Holne ridge

To the west of the range are the Holne Ridge Cairns . Eight cairns of various types and sizes lie on the slopes near Horns Cross above the O Brook Valley south of Dartmeet. It should have been at least eleven earlier.

literature

DD Emmett: Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered. In: Valerie A. Maxfield (Ed.): Prehistoric Dartmoor in its Context (= Devon Archaeological Society. Proceedings. No. 37, ISSN 0305-5795 ). Devon Archaeological Society, Exeter 1979, pp. 94-114.
George Eogan, Ian G. Simmons: The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Lee Moor, Devonshire, England. In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol. 30, 1964, ISSN 0079-497X , pp. 25-38, doi : 10.1017 / S0079497X00015036 .

Individual evidence

↑ Ralph M. Fyfe, Tom Greeves: The Date and Context of a Stone Row: Cut Hill, Dartmoor, South-West England. In: Antiquity. Vol. 84, No. 323, 2010, ISSN 0003-598X , pp. 55-70, doi : 10.1017 / S0003598X00099762 .

Web links

50.524057 -3.878773Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '26.6 " N , 3 ° 52' 43.6" W.

[1] Ralph M. Fyfe, Tom Greeves: The Date and Context of a Stone Row: Cut Hill, Dartmoor, South-West England. In: Antiquity. Vol. 84, No. 323, 2010, ISSN 0003-598X , pp. 55-70, doi : 10.1017 / S0003598X00099762 .