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
J.W. Chapple Description of the Drewsteignton Cromlech (1779).
S. Rowe TPI (1830) 185.
TDA IV (ii) (1871) 409; V (1872) 73; LXII (1930) 249; LXXIII (1941) 221-2; LXXVIII (1946) 161-5.
G.W. Ormerod (1876) Notice of the Fall and Restoration of Spinster's Rock.
R. Burnard Dartmoor Pictorial Records II (1891) 23-4.
J.Ll.W. Page An Exploration of Dartmoor (1895) 186-9.
T.A. Falcon Dartmoor Illustrated (1900) x-xi, Pl 5.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p180.
L.V. Grinsell (DASP 36, 1978) 132, Drewsteignton I.
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 30, 123.
P. Newman The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor (2011) 27.
HER/SMR number 8440 SX 79 SW/3
NMR number 445766 SX 79 SW 1

Maps of the area can be found in TDA V (1892), 75, LXII (1930), Pl XXIV.
Photographs of the site can be found in J.Ll.W. Page An Exploration of Dartmoor, opp p48, Burnard Dartmoor Pictorial Records II (1891), opp p24, Falcon, Pl 5, TDA LXII (1930), Pl XXV-XXIX, Gerrard (1997) Fig 14, p30, & Newman (2011) p27.
A drawing, made before the collapse, can be found in TDA LXXIII (1941) p222, and more recent ones in RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p181.

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