Dunstone Cup Stone
Database entries
OS Map: SX 7167 7585
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV18864
Megalithic Portal: 45855
Alternate name: Dunstone
Short Name: CS:Dunstone
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 7167 7585
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Widecombe in the Moor Car Park (1.0 km) [Route: 271]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (3.9 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 7167 7585
Notes
"Cup-marked stone at SX71677585, Dunstone. Dunstone Rock is a large, weathered undressed granite boulder aligned approximately due North-South. It is 2.4m long by 1.4m wide and 1.0m high. The surface has 13 cups which fall into two groups. Although some of the cups may be natural, Dunstone manor takes its name from this stone and is recorded in Domesday as "Dunestonetuna" suggesting a long tradition of importance attached to the stone. A tradition of paying rent money by placing money in the cups is recorded until recent times."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.
- Greeves, T, Three prehistoric (?) cup-marked boulders on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.39 pp.27-31 (1981)