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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Standing Stone Near Cairn at Head of Drizzlecombe Row 4Country: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tavistock / Plymouth Nearest Village: Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX5937067374
Latitude: 50.489251N Longitude: 3.983833W
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 7th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SX 57887 67306. The stone stands near to the cairn at the top of the row which is about 1400m east of the car park across open moorland.
Anne T visited on 15th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Drizzlecombe West Standing Stone: Whilst Sandy and the rest of the intrepid "Dartmoor Expedition" were searching lower down the slope for the enigmatic and mysterious Drizzlecome West Stone Row, I'd wandered up slope, stopping at this stone and looking at the nearby cairn. Failing to attract the attention of my fellow explorers, I wandered off to look at the large cairn near the southern and smaller of the two pounds. When I came back, I found Sandy in full 'Bronze Age Mode' with his ranging pole standing by this stone.
We photographed it and took a grid reference with our GPS. More research to be done on this stone - not apparently recorded in Butler or any of the other Dartmoor Archaeology books I now possess. Have asked the rest of the group to contribute to the information on this stone, if they are able. Sandy plans to return in September 2019, so more information to follow.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
This stone was spotted whilst on a search for the "elusive (see Drizzlecombe West Stone Row": SID 1902 with Sandy G's "Dartmoor Expedition" on 15th May 2019.
The stone may stand at the head of this elusive stone row, with a cairn 17m (Butler 17?) approx. 17m to its south. The stone stands approximately 1m tall, 0.6m wide and 15cms wide and leans about 20 degrees towards the east. The Drizzlecombe Settlements are 100m to the south of the stone.
This stone is not recorded on Butler or the HER.
Update September 2019: Following a recent extensive survey, with the help of the ACE Archaeology Group, on 7th September 2019, Sandy Gerrard has published his results on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see his entry for Drizzlecombe 4, which includes a description of the newly re-discovered stone row, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, plans of the row (one showing how this standing stone relates to the row and the cairn at its head), access arrangements and a section for Landscape Reveals (showing what features and promontories come in and out of view as you walk along the row).
This standing stone is located just north of the cairn at the head of Drizzlecombe 4, at SX 59374 67361. See our other site pages for the Drizzlecombe West Stone Row and the Drizzlecombe 4 cairn.
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