More information : The remains of a stone row, situated in open, grazed moorland at a
height of between 295m and 320m OD. Centred at SX 2245 7801, it
extends in a NNE to SSW direction for 560m across East Moor crossing
transversely a shallow saddle between high points. Due to the saddle
the row is not fully visible from any particular point along its
length.
The SSW terminal is a blocking stone 1.0m high and 1.8m wide, a slab
stone set at right angles to the alignment. From this to the first
stone there is a gap of 126m, thereafter 21 stones are identifiable
with the probable site of one other. Four stones are upright, the
rest recumbent, a mixture of post-type stones and slabs from 0.4m to
1.7m in length (height).
The common interval between stones is about 10m from which it may be
deduced that 17 stones are missing within the current number and a
further 12 at the beginning of the row. The row traverses ground
which is virtually stone free save at the NNE end where it enters the
Fox Tor aureole of widespread clitter. Although it is likely to have
extended well into the clitter to attain a high point no certain
continuation could be identified.
Surveyed 1:2500 and 1:1000. (1)
The OS Field Reviser records that only 3 of the stones are now upright. (2) |