Guide to the Monuments on Thornworthy and Metherall

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Thornworthy and Metherall

Table of Round Houses on Thornworthy and Metherall

Thornworthy and Metherall Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Thornworthy and Metherall

Metherel Cairn

OS Map: SX 66840 84010
NMR record: SX 68 SE 49
HER record: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
PMD: Metherel
ShortName: CT?Metherel1
Turner: C2
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Cairn or hut circle? Excavation of three hut circles in 1936, prior to the construction of new reservoir at Fernworthy, showed the eastern circle, "No 6" (SX66858402), to represent the remains of a cairn with a probable cremation burial in a pit beneath a cover-stone.
Nearby sites: SX66848401

Heath Stone Standing Stone

OS Map: SX 67120 83750
NMR record: SX 68 SE 42
HER record: MDV6650
Megalithic Portal: 14933
ShortName: SS Heath Stone
Butler map: 25.
Notes: The original Heath Stone was a boundary stone which was referred to in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor in 1240 and some very early maps. According to Butler (Vol. 2 Map 25 p.32) the stone carved with a biblical inscription in 1970 that is currently known as the Heath Stone is unlikely to have been the original Heath Stone as it is in a useless position to be of any use as a boundary stone. The stone was not included in maps from the 18th century and then reappeared in a different location. It is doubtful that the current stone is the original or that it is prehistoric. Crossing suggests that the large standing stone in the Hurston Ridge stone row is the actual Heath Stone. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Dartmoor Heathstone
Nearby sites: SX67128375

Chagford Common 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67840 83620
NMR record: SX 68 SE 101
HER record: MDV13037
ShortName: CN:Chagford 3
Grinsell: CHA 8
Notes: Round cairn. Diameter 4.7 metres, height 0.4 metres. Slight unsurveyable central hollow. A fragmentary and spread bank leads away from this mound towards the nearby agglomerated enclosure. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX67848362

Chagford Common 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67850 83640
NMR record: SX 68 SE 102
HER record: MDV13038
ShortName: CN:Chagford 4
Grinsell: CHA 9
Notes: cairn, slight hollow centre. Diameter 6m, height 0.4m. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX67858364

Chagford Common Cairn

OS Map: SX 67800 83650
NMR record: SX 68 SE 102
HER record: MDV64199
ShortName: CN:Chagford 1
Butler map: 25.7
Grinsell: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Notes: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Nearby sites: SX67808365

Chagford Common 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67840 83620
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV64200
ShortName: CN:Chagford 5
Nearby sites: SX67848362

Thornworthy Cist

OS Map: SX 66746 84346
NMR record: SX 68 SE 48
HER record: MDV6613
Megalithic Portal: 15453
PMD: Thornworthy
ShortName: CT Thornworthy
Butler map: 35.22
Butler Vol 5: p.64 & Fig.42
DPD page: 137
Grinsell: CHA 3
Turner: E39
Barrow Report: 16 21 56
Notes: Butler Vol. 2. Map 35.22 (p.169, photo on p.136, diagram Vol. 5. p.64).Originally there was a second slightly smaller cist. This was removed after the excavation and re-erected at Torquay Museum. It is now at the High Moorland Visitor Centre at Princetown. See also: Thornworthy 2 Cist
Nearby sites: SX66758435

East Lowton Settlement

OS Map: SX 66600 83700
NMR record: SX 68 SE 44
HER record: MDV107002
Megalithic Portal: 34966
ShortName: ST:EastLowton
Nearby sites: SX66608370

Metherall Settlement

OS Map: SX 66800 84000
NMR record: SX 68 SE 49
HER record: MDV6624
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: ST:Metherall
Barrow Report: 56
Nearby sites: SX66808400

Yardworthy Stone Row

OS Map: SX 67600 84390
NMR record: SX 68 SE 133
HER record: MDV61337
Megalithic Portal: 6333471
The Stone Rows of GB: Yardworthy
PMD: Yardworthy
ShortName: SR:Yardworthy
Notes: "Stone row in Yardworthy Newtake, an area of rough pasture that has since undergone some stone clearance. Apparently the remains of a double row it starts 3.0 metres from a low barrow at SX67608438 and extends to the north-east for 7.0 metres. The north-west side consists of four stones, 2.0 to 2.5 metres apart. The south-eastern side about 1.4 metres distant has only one stone and two turf humps which may conceal others. Visible stones are barely 0.1 metres high. Immediately beyond the north-east end is a hollow or stone pit about 4.0 by 2.0 metres diameter. This, and clearance in the area may have destroyed any continuation."
Nearby sites: SX67608439

Yardworthy stone row Cairn

OS Map: SX 67596 84383
NMR record: SX 68 SE 133
HER record: MDV14228
ShortName: CN:Yardworth2
Nearby sites: SX67608438

East Lowton Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 66580 83710
NMR record: SX 68 SE 44
HER record: MDV6585
ShortName: CNxEast Lowt1
Grinsell: LYD 25
Turner: C1
Notes: Hut Circle
Nearby sites: SX66588371