MEM24571 - Modern stone setting on Furzehill (Non-antiquity)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The modern setting consists of apparently 8 stones set in a rough circular arrangement, with groups of two stones each arranged in the corners of the cardinal points: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. The northwest and south-eastern stones are set upright with the pairs abutting, and the northeast and southwest pairs have a gap of at least a metre. There is nothing about their character and fabric that suggests anything prehistoric, and they have not been previously recorded in a field of improved pasture. The site appears to have been erected prior to 2008 as suggested by aerial photographs, as the stones are not present in the 1977 false colour aerial photographs. In the 2008 photograph, 6 large parched patches of grass were visible, similar in size to the stones, and a trail mark from these to the upright stones is suggestive that it was close to 2008 that this site was erected. Between 2008 and 2013 a recumbent central stone appears to have been added, visible in the aerial photographs. [1-3]
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SMO5308 Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information or Staff Comments. Jack Fuller, 15 Oct 2018.
- <2>XY SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. 1977, 2008, 2013. [Mapped feature: #45156 A modern stone setting of 8 stones., ]
- <3> SEM8611 Report: Fuller, J. 2018. Modern Standing Stones on Furzehill.
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Other Statuses/References
- Local List Status (No)
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 7242 4512 (22m by 20m) |
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Map sheet | SS74NW |
Civil Parish | LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
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Record last edited
Nov 21 2018 4:27PM
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