Taken from an A5 booklet 'The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part 1' by R. Hansford Worth. "[Reprinted from The Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1946. Vol. lxxviii pp. 285-315.]" This publication had no 'copyright' refs.
Hansford Worth's descriptions of the rows are listed under their nearest river or watershed area.
South Teign
FERNWORTHY GROUP
The Fernworthy Group consists of two fairly well preserved double rows, and the remnant of another. It is unusual in that a stone circle (as opposed to a retaining circle) is more closely associated with the rows than in any other group. A plan is needed to supplement the written description; see plate 38.
40. FERNWORTHY A, southern row.
A stone in the face of a stone wall* is probably taken from the row, of which, for present purposes, it has been taken as the end. The row is double, and measured from this assumed end to the centre of a cairn 25 feet in diameter which forms its northern terminal; it is 210 feet in length. The direction of length is N. 0⁰-30” W. The internal width is 3’-6”, equivalent to 4’-1” centre to centre of the stones, and the spacing of the stones along the length of the row is 3 feet centre to centre.
Seventy-two feet north from the centre of the cairn is the centre of a stone circle 64’-6” internal diameter. This circle is very nearly complete, with 26 stones standing and only four missing. In 1898 the circle was examined, nothing being found except charcoal lying on the surface of the calm or growan; there was no trace of any burial.
The position of the stone circle is, Devon, 6 inch O.S., lxxxix, S.E., lon. 3⁰-54’-9”, lat. 50⁰-38’-26 ½ “.
*Shall have to check this out. I don't recall seeing a wall in this position on my last visit. (Angie)
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