Hi all,
Out of interest, does anybody know of any reference to this stone row before it was 'discovered' in 2004? I find it hard to believe that it laid unrecognised for over 100 years after the peat eroded, but stand to be corrected! The Jew stone is well known and there may be reference to the other stones, but was the row discovered before?
Paul
The Wandering Artist
2010-06-22 19:01:02
Believe that the row was discovered by Dr. Tom Geeves and he wrote an article on it in the Dartmoor Magazine. In all the books I have relating to Dartmoor I cannot recllect any information regarding this stone row
TWA
Fulchet
2010-06-22 19:21:10
Maybe someone put it there as a bit of fun. :lol:
Possibly, Tina!
I know Tom Greeves was the first to document it, just exploring the possibility that he wasn't the first to recognise it as a recumbent stone row. It could be possible that even the Dartmoor writers had missed it or not recognised it.
I'd love to say that I'd twigged what it was before 2004, but a good second prize would be one of the many letterboxes on Cut Hill being placed off the stone row before 2004.
Paul
The Wandering Artist
2010-06-23 19:48:26
I can go back to 1982 and I know of nobody that identifies a stone row on Cut Hill, other than the singular Jew Stone.
TWA
Thanks TWA, I may have to keep looking. I'm just peeved it wasn't me first. :oops: I'm sure that if this row had laid 'undiscovered' on such a much-visited spot what other artifacts remain undiscovered in quieter corners? :wink:
The Wandering Artist
2010-06-24 20:07:07
Many years ago I put a box out on a stone row that as yet I have not found in any Dartmoor books that I have - it was on the western side of Crow Tor and if my memory serves me right consisted of no more than 6 small stones or so!
Even today it is always worth looking at what is around as you pass over the moor and log anything unusual. ( GPS it - if you have that at hand)
TWA
There's a nice kist on the western side of Crow Tor too so I'll have a good look round there next time.
Paul