Oxenham Arms Standing Stone

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: The Oxenham Arms standing stones
OS Map: SX 65014 93606
OS Source: PMD
HER: MDV13065
Megalithic Portal: 8401
PMD: Oxenham Arms
Alternate name: Oxenham Arms
Short Name: SS OxenhamArms
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 65014 93606
Guide Map: 3
Nearest Bus Stop: South Zeal Oxenham Arms (0.1 km) [Route: 178]
Nearby sites: SX 65014 93606

Notes

"The Oxenham Arms, now an inn, is the former manor house and home of the Burgoyne family. A courtyard plan house, it was originally a two-room-and-through passage plan. An interesting feature is an enormous upright slab of granite built into the inner wall of the rear parlour. This looks very much like a prehistoric standing stone and it seems that the house was built around it". See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Oxenham Arms Menhir

Also of interest at the Oxenham Arms is a possibe early Christian standing stone. The author shared photos of both on facebook on 29/03/2024 with clear and correct explanations of both. Frustratingly, the photo of the possible early Christian stone was shared on social media removing credit to the author and mxing it up with the prehistoric stone. This incorrect information has gone viral despite my efforts to stop it. For more on this and a discussion of these two stones see link above to PDW coverage: The Oxenham Arms standing stones.

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.

• Cotton, Richard W, The Oxenham Omen, T.D.A. Vol.14 pp.221 - 246 (1882)
• Quick, T, Dartmoor Inns, (1992)