Spinster's Rock. OSGR SX 701 908

Comments
Three stones supporting a capstone, possibly the remains of a chambered cairn. Re-erected after collapse in 1862.

References
TPI Rowe 1830, p185
TDA IV (ii) (1871) 409. V (1872) 73. LXII (1930) 249, LXXIII (1941) 221-2.
Ormerod (1876) Notice of the Fall and Restoration of Spinster's Rock
RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p180.
LV Grinsell (DASP 36, 1978) Drewsteignton I
SMR Number SX 79 SX/3
Other References JW Chapple Description of the Drewsteignton Cromlech 1779

Maps of the area can be found in TDA V (1892), 75, LXII (1930), Pl XXIV.
Photograph(s) of the site can be found in Page, p48, Burnard 1891, p24, Falcon, 5, TDA LXII (1930), Pl XXV-XXIX
A drawing, made before the collapse, can be found in TDA LXXIII (1941) p222, and more recent ones in RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p181.

Back to main page.