Drizzlecombe C OSGR SX 5926 6705

Comments
Shortest of three, and least well preserved, but largest menhir on the moor.

References
Worth 19.
TPI X 1889-90.
TDA XXII (1890) BR12, p51; XXIV (1892) SRD I, p400; XXV (1893) 172; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p293.
R. Burnard Dartmoor Pictorial Records IV (1894) 61-2.
T.A. Falcon Dartmoor Illustrated (1900) xxvii-xxviii, Pl 60.
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p209-212, 236, 242.
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 148, 158-160.
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 168.
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111.
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquites III (1994) 49.19.2.
DAS Field Guide 11 (1995).
J.Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 52-56.
P. Rainbird A Guide to the Archaeology of South Devon (2010) 18-23.
P. Newman The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor (2011) 37, 40.
HER/SMR number 14776 SX 56 NE/276.
NMR number 438619 SX 56 NE 42

Photographs of the site can be found in Burnard IV (1894) opp p62, Falcon, Pl 60, TDA LXXII (1940) Pl V-VII or Worth Dartmoor Pls 57-58, Pettit (1974) p126, Butler III (1994) p81 & V (1997) Pl 30 & p230 & Walker (2005) 54, Rainbird p22, & Newman (2011) p37.
An old photograph is in TAP Greeves Images of England - Dartmoor p125.
Plans of the site can be found at TDA LXXVIII (1946) Plate 35, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p211, Butler III (1994) p136 & 138, Newman (2011) p40.
Maps of the area can be found at Pettit (1974) p151, Butler III (1994) p135, Gerrard (1997) Fig 19, p35, and Rainbird p20.

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