Summary
Row of orthostats set in pairs at an average distance of 0.96 metres apart, regularly spaced at intervals of, on average, 1.76 metres.
Identification Images (1)
Monument Types
- STONE ALIGNMENT (Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 1400 BC)
Description
Row of orthostats set in pairs at an average distance of 0.96 metres apart, regularly spaced at intervals of, on average, 1.76 metres. 103 stones survive in situ, while a further three may have fallen sideways from their original position and others, now overgrown with heather, were revealed by probing. Stone row changes orientation slightly at its approximate mid-point. A leat (102047) bisects stone row fifty metres from south-western end. Downslope from leat (102047), stone row is better preserved and stones survive to a greater height. At northern end is stone circle or cairn circle 103394. Dimensions: L 128.0m x H of tallest stone 0.96m
Orientation: NE-SW
Butler (1994, 170) states that about ten stones have been lost from stone row's current definable length, five of then since Rowe's description of 1848; Butler attributes loss to 1859 when Rev. Coppard halted destruction of the Trowlesworthy stone rows by leat builders. Loss of several other stones are attributed to construction of clay works leat (102047) (ibid.). Butler (ibid., fig 51.10) identifies a second leat - resulting in loss of a single stone from row - cutting this stone row north of 102047; this second leat is probably southern continuation of 102098 and 102058. Eleven stones are identified as fallen (ibid.). Butler suggests that stone row could have continued southwards as far as tributary of Blacka Brook, but he discounts possibility of a terminal stone ("holed pillar") on bank of stream, stating that is a boundary marker probably set up in 1835 (ibid., 171).
14/08/03 Application by NT for scheduled monument consent in respect of proposed works.
06/10/03 Consent (for a period of 5 years) given by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Architecture and Historic Environment Division 2).
References
- SZB10133 - Monograph: S Rowe. 1896. A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor.
- SZB10450 - Monograph: J L W Page. 1889. An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities.
- SZB10963 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 21.
- SZB16635 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 19.
- SZB2154 - Monograph: A Thom. 1967. Megalithic Sites in Britain.
- SZB264 - Monograph: G M Spooner, F S Russell. 1967. Worth's Dartmoor.
- SZB3000 - Article in serial: L V Grinsell. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. 36.
- SZB3367 - Article in serial: D D Emmett. 1979. Stone Rows: the traditional view reconsidered. 37.
- SZB34023 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 17.
- SZB34024 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 18.
- SZB3518 - Article in serial: J G Wilkinson. 1862. British remains on Dartmoor. 18.
- SZB4096 - Article in serial: N D Balaam, K Smith, G J Wainwright. 1982. The Shaugh Moor Project: Fourth Report - Environment, context and conclusion. 48.
- SZB43742 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 16.
- SZB44470 - Photograph - black and white: Shirley J Blaylock. 27/10/1997. Trowlesworthy double stone row. 2M/0.2M INT. 20.
- SZB52334 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 27/10/1997. Broken stone in stone row (3rd from leat W side). 37/0. N.
- SZB52335 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 27/10/1997. Broken stone in row (3rd down from leat, W side). 37/1. N.
- SZB52336 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 27/10/1997. Broken stone in row (3rd down from leat, W side). 37/2. S.
- SZB52337 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 27/10/1997. Stone row with broken stone in foreground. 37/3. SE.
- SZB52338 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 27/10/1997. Looking along stone row from N of leat. 37/4. N.
- SZB52340 - Photograph - colour: SJB. 17/10/97. Stone Row from leat to S with broken stone repositioned behind scale. 37/5. S.
- SZB5702 - Article in serial: Richard Hansford Worth. 1941. Retaining Circles. 73.
- SZB5703 - Article in serial: Richard Hansford Worth. 1946. The Stone Rows of Dartmoor: Part I. 78.
- SZB6879 - Article in serial: 1892. The stone rows of Dartmoor. 24.
- SZB7117 - Article in serial: J W Brailsford. 1938. Bronze Age stone monuments of Dartmoor. 12.
- SZB7903 - Article in serial: W J Coppard. 1860. Preservation of remains on Dartmoor. 17.
Other Statuses and References
- HER/SMR Reference (External): SX56SE/19
- National Monuments Record Reference: SX56SE/38
Associated Events
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Associated Finds
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Related Records
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