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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Neolithic stone row or the remains of an old stone wall? All of these stones are surrounded by the debris from a collapsed wall. |
| Posted Comments: Thorgrim
(2005-03-10) | Thanks to LivingRocks' - we are currently reviewing many of the supposed Neolithic stone rows in this area and elsewhere. | enkidu41
(2005-03-10) | Difficult to see what justification there can be for this to be considered a prehistoric stone row. The stone in the foreground has been worked into a smooth rounded shape familiar with gateposts. Where old stones are used as such, they are rarely (if ever?) worked in this way. The stones in the background are 'slabbish' - not the typical stone found in a row. Also, they are surely too close together, both laterally and longitudinally, for them to be part of a row. | Thorgrim
(2005-03-10) | I agree - let's sharpen the scissors and cut out the wrong 'uns! Time for a review. | LivingRocks
(2005-03-10) | The slab like stones are exactly that, these slabs are quite common in walls in the area and are also seen in the remains of animal pens in some of the old ruined farms here. There's still more horrors lurking in these sites near Bolton, Moortop Barrows for instance must be unique in being constructed of coal mining waste!! | Thorgrim
(2005-03-10) | Coal miners' barrows on Moortop! Used for wheeling away the nutty slack, no doubt. If you ever get down to Yar Tor, my friend - I'd be most interested to know what you make of the pile of stones on the summit ;>) | LivingRocks
(2005-03-11) | Took a look at that Yar Tor pic that seems to be generating so much debate, my first thought on seeing all that fresh looking stone, with no signs of even pioneer plant life amongst it, was hiker’s cairn, if that is a genuine site there’s been a lot of recent rearrangement of the stones going on. It doesn’t seem to be particularly well documented for such a large structure, even the Butler reference is ambiguous, stating simply that it exists and giving no provenance. | enkidu41
(2005-03-11) | Not quite correct on lack of prrovenance for Yar Tor. Butler cites its reference as Wid.20 in the list of Leslie Grinsell's cairns for the parish and that it is referred to in reports 56 and 62 of the Barrow Committee of the Devonshire Association. Until we see these neither reference can be considered absolutely conclusive of course. | Thorgrim
(2005-03-11) | Thanks LR - I'm with you of course. I put it alongside your coal miners' barrows - maybe its made of stale pasties (oops that's Cornwall not Devon!) | LivingRocks
(2005-03-11) | Just occurred to me where I last saw so much loose stone, the Eyam Moor Cairn next to Wet Withins Circle which was disturbed by excavation (Bateman?) and quarrying in the 18th & 19th centuries, even here though heather etc is starting to re-colonise the stones. Surprisingly considering it is only 30m from Wet Withins this is not on the portal, I’ll dig out a couple of shots and add them. |
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