Yardworthy Stone Row

Database entries

OS Map: SX 67605 84395
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV61337
Megalithic Portal: 6333471
The Stone Rows of GB: Yardworthy
PMD: Yardworthy
Alternate name: Yardworthy
Short Name: SR Yardworthy
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 9
Lidar: SX 67605 84395
Guide Map: 20
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (4.4 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 67605 84395

Notes

Quinnell quoted on HER: 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.

The stones of the row are around 20 cm in length and almost impossible to photograph as a collection. There is a goood plan to the site on the Stone Rows of great Britain linked in the listings above.

The site was visited by the author and Steve Szypko on 03/03/2025 and we found 3 of the 4 stones reportedly visible - the other may have been under surface water. It is almost impossible to capture these small stones in one photo so a montage of 4 photos is linked to this record; the cairn and the 3 stones found. The cairn and row was difficult to find.

The stones of the stone row stones were recorded on a Garmin GPS device at: SX 67605 84398, SX 67605 84395, SX 67606 84395. The cairn is centred at SX 67601 84390.