The Pinner Ring??

andygreyweather Feb 23, 2007 18:25:07

In 1970 Michael Pennock found two large Sarsen stones in his garden at number 22, Cannon Lane, Pinner, Middlesex.
One was craned across to Pinner Memorial Gardens and a plaque was attached ... yet ... with other Sarsens found locally ... might there be historical suggestions of a Pinner Stone Circle?

Whilst one of the largest long barrows in the UK (much eroded) sits quietly and barely known on Stanmore Common and other local stones such as the Hare Stone ... (once again overgrown) ... and The Wealdstone ... have some celebrity ... I'd be interested if anyone has any additional information about the Pinner Sarsens?

Rhiannon Feb 24, 2007 11:50:22

Replying to andygreyweather

Where's this barrow on Stanmore common then?

ocifant Feb 24, 2007 18:05:43

Replying to andygreyweather

andygreyweather wrote:

Whilst one of the largest long barrows in the UK (much eroded) sits quietly and barely known on Stanmore Common ...

I'd love this to be true somehow, but the Magic map has this marked as a Pillow Mound. What proof is there that it's a long barrow?

andygreyweather Feb 25, 2007 18:29:28

Replying to andygreyweather

For information about the Long Barrow (much eroded) on Stanmore Common, see: Harrow Archaeology Survey Project (1985) by C.J.Watkins. It is some 400m NW of Warren Lane and near to the round barrow. Yes, some refer to it as a pillow mound ... it is very very eroded ... C.J. Watkins stated without excavation "Either it served as a neolithic long barrow or a medieval pillow mound". The mound is aligned almost North/South.

The circular mound morphology accords well with it being a burial mound.

OK ... I know the old story ... two Stones are a Cove, three proof of a circle ...

The 1985 report states that neither mound appears in/on any OS Map ...

The conclusion is that both sites require excavation to conclude their actual use.

One Neolithic? One Bronze Age?

I can't exactly call in Time Teams after the Cherry Picker incident last year :>) What ever the truth, W.W.Druett suggests Stanmore Common as a Druid Stronghold ... and someone sent me a book about the sacred Haroow-On-The-Hill ... but unfortunately they got most of their facts 'from a dream' ....

Oh well ... off to look at some Buckinghamshire Pudding Stone in the week ...