More information : SS 49143290 A double stone row, known as Yelland Stone Row, 6 ft apart and 113 ft long. The stones are sandstone and nine have been located; of which four only the base remains. Excavation has exposed flakes, cores, two scrapers, charcoal and calcined flint near the row. (1-2) As described above. The two most easterly stones are 10" and 16" respectively above ground level. (3) The Stone Row lies on the foreshore of the River Taw estuary just below Mean High Water. The area is covered by mud and shingle banks and also saltings which are dissected by narrow, sinuous water channels. Five stones were visible at low tide, three at the SE end ofthe row and two near the NW end; the remainder are almost certainly buried under the mud of a reed-covered salting although they are difficult to trace by probing. Stones 'a' & 'b'-?terminal stones, are 0.25m wide by 0.2m high and 0.3m wide by 0.25m high respectively. The tip of stone 'c' is just visible. Stones 'a' & 'e' are 0.3m wide by 0.15m high and 0.1m across by 0.1m high respectively. More stones may be revealed after winter storms or with seasonal variations in the tidal flow. (4)
There is no sign of the stone row among the mudflats. Deleted from 1:50000. (5) |