Archaeology Notes

Event ID 669195

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ63NE 3 6774 3938.

(NJ 6774 3938) Standing Stones (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Upperthird: The OS 6" map, (1959) marks one stone on the S circumference of a circle about 80' in diameter, but pays no heed to others. The present condition shows two large stones within 4' of each other, a discrepancy not to be accounted for. These huge bulky masses of extremely rugged whinstone stand E and W of each other, and the longer side of the tall stone trends NNW-SSE. Its vertical height is 6' 9", and basal girth, 17' 8 1/2". The lower stone is 4' 7" in height; its two longer sides measure respectively 7' and 6', and its ends 4'6" and nearly 4'. It is probable, therefore, judging by its shape, that this stone was once erect. Whether it constituted the E pillar with its neighbour as recumbent stone is conjectural.

F R Coles 1903.

Two stores as described by Coles (1903). It is possible that neither is in situ. Between them is a smaller loose boulder, apparently recently placed.

Resurveyed at 1:1500.

Visited by OS (ISS) 16 January 1973.

Possible recumbent stone circle.

H A W Burl 1973.