Kennon Hill 1 Reported Stone Circle
Waypoint data of stones in reported circle 10-03-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64354 89001
OS Source: Garmin
Alternate name: Kennon Hill 1
Short Name: SC:KennonHill1
Exist: Maybe
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 64354 89001
Guide Map: 8
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (3.9 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (4.2 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 64354 89001
Notes
Possible stone circle reported by Robert Naylor.R.N. Worth Throwleigh (i.e.Buttern) circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one tirne may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.
HER: Possible circle circa 180 metres north-west of the Buttern Hill circle comprising four or five stones around a fallen standing stone. Recorded by Worth (1894) and apparently seen by the Ordnance Survey in 1950, although the recorder in 1951 could not locate it, this feature has not been confirmed since 1950.
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.
- Hemery, Eric, High Dartmoor: Land and People, (1983)
- Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 3, T.D.A. Vol.26 pp.296-307 (1894)