Yelland Stone Row
The stone row of Yelland ( English Yelland Stone row ) lies on the Isley Marsh, north of the village of Lower Yelland in the alluvial land of the River Taw in Devon in England .
Yelland's double row of stones lies on the marshland of the Taw Estuary and is usually covered in mud and tidal debris. When the tide is low, five stones are visible at the ends.
description
The row of stones is dated to the Bronze Age and was excavated by EH Rogers in the 1930s. The rows about 34 meters long are parallel, 1.8 meters apart. The nine stones are made of sandstone . The excavator found chips, cores and calcined flint , two scrapers, and charcoal near the row .
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.
See also
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 .
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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 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 31.6 " N , 4 ° 9 ′ 18.2" W.