MSO12238 - Disputed double stone row on West Pinford (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
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Full Description
A double stone row 54 feet long and about 2 feet wide with 19 stones visible was recorded by Charles Whybrow in 1970 near the 6 stone Pinford setting (MSO6820). It is similar to the one on Wilmersham Common (MSO7336). It has lately eluded persistent search both before and after swaling even though it is known that nothing has been removed. Whybrow showed its position on a 2.5 inch map as south of the Pinsford stone setting in the angle between two streams (SS 79 42). In the last few years several very low ruined stoney banks have been noticed on the hill between the two Pinfords and may be possible that Whybrow's 'row' was a length of boundary bank. (Fragments of a low stone bank have been recorded in the area of the angle between the two streams, as indicated by Whybrow, at SS 7957 4250 - MSO11020). [1] A double stone row 16 metres long with nineteen stones recorded here in 1970. Subsequent fieldwork has failed to relocate this though the area has not been disturbed. It was perhaps a stony field bank (see MSO11020). [2] Site planned (1 September 1995). [4] The plan and the grid reference stronly suggest that this is a duplication of MSO11020. [5]
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SSO1064 Monograph: Eardley-Wilmot, H. 1983. Ancient Exmoor. 32.
- <2> SSO1877 Monograph: RCHME . 1992. Lithic Monuments within the Exmoor National Park. SS74SE43 p53.
- <3> SSO1577 Unassigned: Ordnance Survey. card SS 74 SE. 43.
- <4> SSO1 Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records. PRN 33038, M Walker, 1995.
- <5> SMO5308 Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information or Staff Comments. Chris Webster, January 1998.
Location
Grid reference | SS 7956 4251 (point) (Surveyed) |
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Map sheet | SS74SE |
Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO6833
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 SE43
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- Pastscape HOBID (was Monarch UID): 35310
- Somerset SMR PRN: 35303
Record last edited
Feb 13 2017 2:46PM
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