MSO10461 - Possible standing stone southeast of Pinkworthy Pond (Monument)

Summary

The stone may be a fallen standing stone or spoil from a drainage ditch.

Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record .

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Irregular shaped grey coloured, loose stone approximately 0.6 metres long, 0.35 metres wide and with 0.1 metres of its thickness exposed above ground. The stone is on the southwest edge of a drainage ditch approximately 0.6 metres wide and up to 0.2 metres deep, and running roughly northwest to southeast. It is possibly a fallen standing stone, or it may be spoil from the ditch as there are no other stones in the area. Set in an area of well grazed rough grass, southeast of Pinkworthy Pond. [1]

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Survey: Faxon, Keith. 1998. Record card from McDonnell, R. Pinkworthy Estate: An Archaeological Survey for Management Purpose. 20 September 1995.

External Links (0)

Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 22781

Map

Location

Grid reference SS 7246 4198 (point) (Surveyed)
Map sheet SS74SW
Civil Parish EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Feb 3 2021 11:44AM

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