Source/Archive record SMO5658 - Lithic monuments within the Exmoor National Park: A new survey for management purposes by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.

Type Report
Title Lithic monuments within the Exmoor National Park: A new survey for management purposes by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1992
Publisher Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
Collection reference 767064
Collection reference 616389
Historic England Archive Reference 1041197
Historic England Archive Reference AF0767064

Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record .

Abstract/Summary

RCHME Exeter were requested by Exmoor National Park Archaeology Advisory Group to survey the stone monuments on Exmoor, particularly those of prehistoric origin, in order to aid management and conservation. The survey was carried out between 1988 and 1992.

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Referenced Monuments (104)

  • 19th Century boundary stones on lower slopes of Benjamy (Monument)
  • Beckham Hill Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Bronze Age burial cairn on Clannon Ball (Monument)
  • Bronze Age round barrow on South Common (Monument)
  • Bronze Age subcircular burial cairn northeast of Lanacombe 1 (Monument)
  • Caratacus Stone, Winsford Hill (Monument)
  • Cavudus or Cewydd's Stone, Six Acre Farm (Monument)
  • Culbone Stone Row, Culbone Hill (Monument)
  • Culbone Stone, Culbone Hill (Monument)
  • Disputed prehistoric stone setting on Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Disputed stone circle on Cheriton Ridge (Non-antiquity)
  • Disputed stone setting on Thornworthy Common (Non-antiquity)
  • East Pinford Stone Alignment (Monument)
  • Edgerley Stone, Bill Hill (Monument)
  • Furzehill Common I: Prehistoric stone setting above Warcombe Water (Monument)
  • Furzehill Common II: Prehistoric stone setting on Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Furzehill Common III: Prehistoric stone alignment and associated burial cairn (Monument)
  • Group of stones east of the Whit Stones on Porlock Hill (Monument)
  • Halscombe Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Hangman's Stone, Knap Down (Monument)
  • Horsen Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Kittuck Hill Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Lanacombe I: Large stone setting at Lanacombe (Monument)
  • Lanacombe II: Stone setting at the east end of Lanacombe (Monument)
  • Lanacombe III, a prehistoric stone setting at Lanacombe (Monument)
  • Lanacombe IV: Triangular stone setting at Lanacombe (Monument)
  • Long Stone at Long Stone Combe (Monument)
  • Lyn Long Stones (Monument)
  • Madacombe stone row (Monument)
  • Medieval memorial stone at Parracombe Bridge (Monument)
  • Natural outcrop of stone on Cheriton Ridge (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural rock outcrop on Porlock Allotment (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural standing stone at South Cleave (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural stone in Farley Water Coombe (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural stone near Brockenbarrow Lane (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural stone on Higher Down (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural stone on Higher Down (Non-antiquity)
  • Natural stones northwest of Broadbarrow Stone (Non-antiquity)
  • Porlock Allotment I: Prehistoric stone setting southsoutheast of Black Barrow (Monument)
  • Porlock Common Stone Row (Monument)
  • Porlock Stone Circle (Monument)
  • Possible Bronze Age standing stone on Heale Down (Monument)
  • Possible natural stone on Kentisbury Down (Non-antiquity)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone north of Ruckham Combe (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on ridge from Clannon Ball to Hoccombe Hill (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone west of Fyldon Hill Road (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric stone setting above Worthy Water and Hoccombe Combe (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric stone setting south of Black Barrow (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric stone setting south of Coley Water (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric stone setting southwest of Black Barrow (Monument)
  • Possible rubbing stone on Kentisbury Down (Monument)
  • Possible rubbing stone on Kentisbury Down (Monument)
  • Possible rubbing stone on Kentisbury Down (Monument)
  • Post-medieval bridge and ford site at Parracombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval or modern mound southeast of Beckam Hill Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Post-medieval standing stone with benchmark on eastern edge of Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoic quincunx at Brendon Two Gates (Monument)
  • Prehistoric double stone row on Porlock Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric double stone row on Squallacombe (Monument)
  • Prehistoric double stone row or stone setting at Winnaway (Monument)
  • Prehistoric quincunx above the River Bray (Monument)
  • Prehistoric quincunx near Woodbarrow Hangings (Monument)
  • Prehistoric rectangular stone setting on North Regis Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric standing stone at west end of Hoar Moor (Monument)
  • Prehistoric standing stone at Wistlandpound (Monument)
  • Prehistoric standing stones on Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone row below the crest of Cheriton Ridge (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone row on Thornworthy Little Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting above Hoccombe Combe (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting at Benjamy (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting at Clannon Ball (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting at the north end of Codsend Moor (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting below Cheriton Ridge (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting northwest of Hoaroak Cottage (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting of five stones on Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Almsworthy Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Badgworthy Lees (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on east side of Cheriton Ridge (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Exe Plain (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Furzehill Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Hoaroak Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Hoccombe Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Hoccombe Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Middle Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Pig Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Porlock Allotment (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Porlock Common (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on the east flank of Cheriton Ridge (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting on Tom's Hill (Monument)
  • Prehistoric stone setting southwest of Longstone Barrow (Monument)
  • Swap Hill Stone Setting (Monument)
  • The Chains Valley Stone Setting (Monument)
  • The Long Stone, Challacombe Common (Monument)
  • Trout Hill I: Prehistoric stone setting on the northeast end of Trout Hill (Monument)
  • Trout Hill II: Prehistoric stone setting at the north end of Trout Hill (Monument)
  • Trout Hill III: Prehistoric stone setting on the east side of Trout Hill (Monument)
  • Two prehistoric standing stones at Long Chains Combe (Monument)
  • Two standing stones on south facing slope of Codsend Moor (Monument)
  • Undated parallel stone rows at West Middleton (Monument)
  • Whit Stones (Monument)
  • White Ladder Stone Row (Monument)
  • Wilmersham Common Stone Row (Monument)
  • Withypool Stone Circle, Withypool Hill (Monument)
  • World War Two military emplacement on Trout Hill (Monument)

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Record last edited

Jan 25 2023 4:03PM