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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stanton Drew - The Cove - Standing Stones in England in Somerset

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stanton Drew - The Cove
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Bristol  Nearest Village: Stanton Drew
Map Ref: ST59756310  Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.365528N  Longitude: 2.579537W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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emerald visited on 21st Dec 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Well signposted and the stones are literally in the pub garden by the church. A small car park near some steps leading up the stones is free of charge. Not very atmospheric though with tables and chairs around and rabbit hutches nearby!

markj99 visited on 29th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Combining standing stones and a pub is always a good idea. Probably the best standing stones in the world!

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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett : The Cove 01/04/09 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Somerset. Situated in the garden of 'The Druid's Arms' pub. The name is derived from the landowners, the Drew family, as is the name of the village.

Access: At the other end of the village from the main circles, carry on south through the village and you will come to the pub on your left. There is some parking here.

Note: Stanton Drew 'older' than thought, new light on the origins of the Cove, see latest comment
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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by ogham : The church looks out over the stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by ogham : The church to the rear of the cove. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by ogham : Interesting shape to the stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Horatio : I wonder if one day we will ever know the significance of these 'stone boxes'.... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Postman : The Cove later in the morning of the winter solstice 2019

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Humbucker : The Cove viewed from the garden of The Druids Arms. Seemed to pick a quiet day with no-one else in the garden!

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TheCaptain : The Cove at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TheCaptain

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by hamish : Had to take this picture, I was sitting chatting to friends and was moved to click. It was a good day but it rained later.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by ogham : Parking is available by the pub.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by ogham : Nice set of stones in the pub garden.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by SolarMegalith : The Cove in Stanton Drew - view from the north (photo taken on April 2012).

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by hamish : Looking from here, I can see their thinking.on the possibility of a Barrow.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by hamish : Lovely day and I enjoyed my pint of Doom Bar. (2 comments)

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by DrewParsons : View of The Cove set in the pub garden.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett : The Cove 01/04/09

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by paulcall : A view of The Cove, rather oddly but conveniently situated by the pub.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Thorgrim : The Cove in the garden of the Druid's Arms.

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Antonine : 2009

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Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Antonine

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 171m E 96° Stanton Drew SSW* Stone Circle (ST59926308)
 299m NE 53° Stanton Drew Great Circle* Stone Circle (ST59996328)
 320m NE 51° Stanton Drew* Stone Circle (ST60006330)
 382m NE 56° Stanton Drew - Avenue* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ST60076331)
 415m NE 54° Stanton Drew NE Circle* Stone Circle (ST60096334)
 440m ENE 57° Stanton Drew NE Avenue* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (ST60126334)
 814m WNW 289° Lower Tyning Standing Stones (ST58986337)
 816m NNE 30° Hautville's Quoit* Chambered Tomb (ST60176380)
 2.1km W 272° Chew Magna Church Cross Ancient Cross (ST5767363199)
 2.9km N 4° Maes Knoll* Hillfort (ST600660)
 4.0km NNW 327° Dundry Long Barrow* Long Barrow (ST57606645)
 4.0km W 263° Pagans Hill* Ancient Temple (ST55766261)
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 7.8km W 260° Fairy Toot* Long Barrow (ST52056178)
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 8.0km WNW 282° Felton Bowl Barrows T28 & T29* Round Barrow(s) (ST51966480)
 8.0km WNW 282° Felton Common Suck Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (ST5187164800)
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 8.3km WNW 282° Felton Hill Long Barrow T26* Chambered Tomb (ST51626491)
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Re: Stanton Drew - The Cove by DFeather on Sunday, 06 August 2023
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Do not be fooled by the current shape of the hockey stick stone in The Cove. In his Itinerarium Curiosum of 1724, William Stukeley shows a different, more natural, shape. See http://www.rareoldprints.com/p/919 . Either the weather or human hands have knocked a fair bit off. The stone looks as if the stem has been worked.

In his book "Stanton Drew and its Ancient Stone Circles", Gordon Strong shows on page 25 some drawings made in the late 19C of The Cove, which show changes made to the stone. Unfortunately he does not date the drawings. If you can get the book, pages 26 and 27 show the Stukeley drawing of 1724.
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Stanton Drew - The Cove 3D scan by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 January 2023
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Al Kenny @3ddronedriver writes: Here's a scan I did of the Cove at Stanton Drew. Scans combined in Blender and exported as a video.

https://twitter.com/3ddronedriver/status/1615042865259810836
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Re: Stanton Drew - The Cove by lagemced on Monday, 19 October 2015
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Was wondering about that upright stone with the very curious shape at Stantone Drew's "The Cove" when I surprisingly stumbled upon images from Gobekli Tepe (world's oldest temple found at the top of a hill in Turkey, circa 10th millennium BC).

There is a good collection of relevant Gobekli Tepe images at [ http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/turkeygobekli.htm ]; but you can find more similar ones with a Google Image search [ https://www.google.com/search?q="gobekli+tepe"&num=40&tbm=isch ].

Some of the relevant Gobekli Tepe pieces are referred to as pillars - which does not explain why there is only one such shaped stone here at Stanton Drew (although the stone(s) lying on the ground may be of a similar shape) - but there are many so-called pillars that are not very symmetrical and even lumpy, much like this one at "The Cove", so they might not be solely restricted to the use as pillars.

Whatever is the case, this one stone at "The Cove" sure looks special and the special shape is hard to explain, while the likeness in shape to some of those at Gobekli Tepe is striking.
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Stanton Drew 2010 Geophysical survey by Andy B on Friday, 16 September 2011
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Stanton Drew 2010 Geophysical survey
and other archaeological investigations

At the Cove, the resistance surveys have added some reinforcement to the interpretation of a long
barrow/chambered tomb, but the results are by no means conclusive. Attributes of length, width
and orientation are consistent with this interpretation, and there may be signs of flanking ditches.
Other work carried out included a photographic survey of all the stones, a geological survey, and
work has started in putting the monument in its geographical context.

More in the comments on the main Stanton Drew page
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=152
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Re: Stanton Drew - The Cove by davidmorgan on Monday, 15 March 2010
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A 3 mile walk around Stanton Drew by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010
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Distance: 3 miles
Time: 2 hours
Start: Druids Arms in Stanton Drew (GR 597632)
Maps: OS Landranger 172 or OS Explorer 155
Terrain: a potentially muddy undulating landscape
Contact: vilewalks@yahoo.co.uk or visit the facebook group vilewalks

Getting there: Follow the A4/A39/A368 to the Chelwood roundabout south-west of Bath. Continue along the A368 for one mile before taking a right turn to Stanton Drew. Park in a car park on the right by the entrance to the Cove Stone enclosure just before the Druids Arms Inn.

1. Walk back down the road past the Druids Arms and, having passed Sandy Lane on left, take the next turning on the right. Follow this back lane around to a junction, pass through the gateway straight ahead and follow a farm road across a field passing a barn on the right. Pass through a gateway on the far side of the field before bearing half-right to a pair of handgates in the far right corner of the field. Pass through the handgate on the right and walk up the left edge of the next field to a gate and the road in Upper Stanton Drew by a school. Turn left and follow the road through the village, ignoring a right turn – Stanton Wick Lane – in 200 yards. In another 150 yards, turn right into a cul-de-sac lane called Tarnwell. Walk to the far end of this cul-de-sac lane before turning left through a handgate into a field.

2. Follow the right edge of this field across to a footbridge over a stream, before following the left edge of the next field around to a handgate on the left in a dip in the far-left corner of the field. Turn left through this gate and walk across the field ahead to a handgate and footbridge over a stream. Follow a path up into – and across the middle of – the next field to reach a handgate and lane. Turn right and, in 25 yards, where a bridleway goes off on the left, veer right onto a path that crosses an area of scrubland to a gate and field. Follow the left edge of this field to a gate in the left corner before following a lane ahead across an old railway bridge and on downhill as it bears left into Pensford. In 400 yards, just before a T-junction, turn left into Stanton Lane. In 75 yards, by Guys Farm, turn right to a handgate and follow a path across to Pensford Viaduct.

3. Beyond a handgate, cross the next field to a footbridge opposite before crossing the following field to a handgate in some bushes. Drop down some steps before crossing the next field to reach a gate by a property. Follow a short section of enclosed path to a handgate ahead before following a fieldpath across three fields that border to Chew. Pass through a handgate in the top left-hand corner of the third field, turn right and follow the right edge of the next field to a gate and lane. Pass through a gate opposite, turn right and walk along the bottom of the field to a gate on the right. Cross a lane to a gate opposite and follow a path that winds its way around to a handgate on the far side of a market garden. Cross to a gate in the far right corner of the field ahead, before following the right edge of the next field to the next gate. Retrace your steps along the farm road ahead to a back lane in Stanton Drew, turn right down to the main road in the village and then left back to the Druids Arms.
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Geophysical Survey at Stanton Drew, July 2009 by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010
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John Oswin and John Richards,
Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society
Richard Sermon, Archaeological Officer,
Bath and North-East Somerset (BANES)

Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (BACAS), in collaboration with BANES Archaeological
Officer, undertook geophysical survey at the stone circles at Stanton Drew, Somerset in July 2009,
in the week prior to an open day on the 25th. The survey was limited by time duration, and was
intended to enhance the knowledge gained by English Heritage in recent years.
A fluxgate gradiometer survey of a portion of the main circle and an area to its south-west using the
most recent fluxgate technology at high density data gathering showed that the ditch and timber
circles could be seen as clearly with commercial equipment as with Caesium vapour magnetometry.
There was no sign of a further ring ditch to the south west. Twin probe resistance survey of the
Main Circle, North-East Circle and avenues gave a clearer pattern of the local geology than had
been seen previously and indicated possible empty stone sockets and sites of buried stone. This
was enhanced by resistance pseudosection profiles which could give vertical sections through
such sockets. Profiles in the South-West Circle showed much stonework under the surface, but
soil under that, and the presence of stone beyond the ring. Twin probe resistance, profiling and
magnetic susceptibility at the Cove suggested that the two standing and one recumbent stone may
originally have been attached to a long barrow which extended to the north. It is recommended
that the fluxgate gradiometer survey of the main circle be completed, the resistance survey be
extended, particularly by use of profiles, to learn more about potential stone sockets and stone
burial, the geology of the locality be better understood, and the Cove explored further by all
suitable means to determine whether it is the site of a long barrow, as this would have important
implications for the interpretation of the site. Further survey should also extend to the surrounding
area, including the sites of the Tyning Stones and Hautville’s Quoit.

http://server14.web-mania.com/users/bacaYLaw/geophysics/StantonDrewScreen.pdf
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Stanton Drew 'older' than thought by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010
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Archaeologists have discovered the collection of prehistoric standing stones at Stanton Drew is older than originally thought.

During geophysical surveys last summer, they found the outline of a burial mound dated from nearly 1000 years before the stone circles.

The surveys were carried out by Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society and the council's Archaeological Officer.

It is hoped the discovery will raise Stanton Drew's profile with scholars.


Their work has brought new light on the origins of the Cove - the three large stones in the beer garden of the Druid's Arms.

Stone circles such as those at Stanton Drew are known to date broadly to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, about 3000 to 2000 BC.

Given the new dating, by John Oswin, the upright stones of the Cove might be better explained as the portals or facade of a chambered tomb, similar to the Stoney Littleton long barrow near Wellow.

Bath and North East Somerset Council's Archaeological Officer, Richard Sermon, said: "Stanton Drew has been much neglected compared to Avebury and Stonehenge.

"This will raise its profile with the scholars and it [Stanton Drew] will be recognised as one of the major prehistoric sites in England."

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8454000/8454448.stm
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Re:Stanton Drew by coldrum on Monday, 10 August 2009
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Pastscape entry:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1097272
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Festival of British Archaeology at Stanton Drew, 25th July 2009 by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009
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Festival of British Archaeology at Stanton Drew, 25th July 2009

Stanton Drew. 11.00-16.00. Find out about local archaeology and follow our trail. See flint knapping, enjoy stories and take part in hands-on activities.

Contact:

01225 477757

http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/whats_on/events/events_calendar.aspx
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Re: Stanton Drew - The Cove by oldscrote on Wednesday, 12 December 2007
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Just got back from a visit here,unfortunately the pub was shut but a grand place nevertheless.Strangely the place was full of chickens and geese{maybe being got ready for xmas}so we had to watch our step to avoid the goose exhaust littering the ground.Worth a visit,but I guess its probably better to time a visit during opening hours.
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