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Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Fourfold Circle Standing Stone

Shovel Down Fourfold Circle Standing Stone

Shovel Down Fourfold Circle Standing Stone

Photo taken on 06-06-2010

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65958 86033
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6158
Megalithic Portal: 3464
PMD: Fourfold circle
Alternate name: Shovel Down Fourfold Circle
Short Name: SS Shovel Down
Butler map: 36.6
DPD page: 143
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Barrow Report: 56
Dimensions (m): 3.4
Lidar: SX 65958 86033
Nearby sites: SX 65958 86033

Notes

"The south end [of the double row] is aligned on a cairn 'Fourfold Circle' (SX 68 NE 17) and separated from it by two massive fallen stones, one 'needle-shaped' and similar to the 'Longstone' (SX 68 NE 39), southern terminal of stone row 'E'."

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.

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