Penn Beacon S. Stone Row
Photo taken on 25-08-2017
Database entries
OS Map: SX 59947 62553
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV2400
Megalithic Portal: 2076
The Stone Rows of GB: Penn Beacon South
PMD: Penn Beacon Stone Row
Alternate name: Penn Beacon S
Short Name: SR Penn Beac S
Butler map: 52.14
DPD page: 62
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 32.5
Lidar: SX 59947 62553
Nearby sites: SX 59947 62553
Notes
"A single stone row, sixty-six feet long, the largest stone being about 2 1/2 feet high. This row is no more than a remnant". Lethbridge p.62 Penn stone row - diagram p.59.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Breton, Henry Hugh, The Forest of Dartmoor, (1990)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 10, T.D.A. Vol.50 pp.402-404 (1918)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)