<< Our Photo Pages >> Porlock Allotment SW - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porlock Allotment SW Alternative Name: Porlock Allotment 1Country: England County: Somerset Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Minehead Nearest Village: Oare / West Porlock
Map Ref: SS8335543785 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.181360N Longitude: 3.670226W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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SandyG visited on 25th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Limited car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here follow the track leading south west to SS 83567 43802. Then head west to the row.
Update November 2019: Information about this alignment comes from the Stone Rows of Great Britain - see their entry for Porlock Allotment, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in April 2018, photograph of the alignment and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB tells us that this is a double stone rows, 8m long, made up of 7 recumbent stones, with a restricted sea view.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 36281 and as MSO7903 (Porlock Allotment I: Prehistoric stone setting southsoutheast of Black Barrow) on the Exmoor National Park HER. The row is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1014270 (Porlock Allotment 1: a stone alignment 450m SSE of Black Barrow).
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