Burford Down Standing Stone
Photo taken on 03-10-2011
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63703 60687
OS Source: PDW
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
Alternate name: Burford Down
Short Name: SS BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 2.7
Lidar: SX 63703 60687
Nearby sites: SX 63703 60687
Notes
"The alleged blocking stone noted by Parsons measures 2.7m by 1.0m and has been split by drilling." TDA Vol. 85 (1953) pp. 145-147 (Hamlyn Parsons).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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Davidson, C. & Seabrook, R., Stone rings on south-east Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
- Emmett, D.D., Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered, D.A.S.P. No.37 pp.94-114 (1979)
- Hankin, C. F., An archaeological check-list for Harford, Devon Archaeological Society/DCRA publications no.11 (1982)
- Parsons, Hamlyn, Investigations into the Burford Down Stone Row, D.A.S.P. No.85 pp.145-147 (1953)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Replies to Falcon on Various Issues, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries Vol 4 pp.10-13 (1907)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)