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Rhiannon Jul 27, 2004 08:35:02

Replying to FourWinds

I was looking at Leslie Grinsell's book on Exmoor over the weekend and he lists all the stone rows, stone circles and other 'stone settings' many of which are supposedly deliberate triangles, rhomboids and suchlike, and there are chapters on the different eras - could be worth getting hold of from somewhere (this one was in the reference library unfortunately)? I'm not sure if it mentioned that place specifically with anym ore details...

baza Jul 27, 2004 09:59:09

Replying to Rhiannon

I have a copy of Grinsell's The Archaeology of Exmoor (1970) and found it useless in my quest. He only mentions a few of the many stone settings and gives no exact locations.
Much better is EH's The Field Archaeology of Exmoor (2001) which does give grid references for 2 stone circles, 8 stone rows, 57 stone settings and 37 single or paired stones on Exmoor.
Burl's From Carnac to Callanish (1993) is worth consulting for the rows and some settings.
I've not been able to find a copy of Quinnell and Dunn's Lithic Monuments within the Exmoor National Park (1992).

I like to do my research when planning a field trip and, to be honest, I've not come across any stone settings described as a square, apart from the quincunxes which have a fifth stone in the centre.