<< Our Photo Pages >> Porlock Common SW - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porlock Common SW Alternative Name: Porlock Common stone rowCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Minehead Nearest Village: Porlock
Map Ref: SS8457544654 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.189418N Longitude: 3.653059W
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 4th Mar 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m then veer to the right and walk up the hill for about 50m. The row is not at all obvious and may take you a while to find.
TheCaptain have visited here
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows, just uphill from the stream on the eastern side of the road. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
These stones are almost totally lost in the heather, but they are firmly positioned, and definitely not just stones sitting on the surface. The rows point directly at the stone circle over the road, and I am lead to believe that there are one or two more stones to be found under the thick moorland covering of heather.
To find this row, drive south along the Exford road from Whitstone Post junction, and after a couple of kilometres there is a place to park by the little bridge just south of the gated entrance to the sheepfold by the stone circle.
Update November 2019: More information about this stone alignment can be found on the Stone Rows of Great Britain's website - see their entry for Porlock Common, South West, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a field visits in March 2016 and April 2018, photographs of the alignment and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 859261 and as MSO7924 (Prehistoric double stone row on Porlock Allotment).
Click on the SRoGB link above for the 'Dig Porlock Project 2013' report (download of 605 pages).
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