Drizzlecombe
Drizzlecombe or Thrushelcombe is an area of Dartmoor in Devon containing a number of Bronze Age stone rows, cairns and standing stones. The area is in and around the valley carved by the uppermost course of the River Plym, which rises here at Plym Head.[1]
There are three principal stone rows each with an associated barrow and terminal standing stone. Most of the artefacts are on the southwest slope of Hartor Hill. The tallest standing stone, which at 14 feet high is the largest on Dartmoor, was re-erected by Sabine Baring-Gould, R. Hansford Worth and others in 1893.[2][3]
Drizzlecombe is to be found on the western side of Dartmoor, about four miles east of the village of Yelverton, to the west of the upper reaches of the River Plym.
Nearby is the large but damaged cairn known as Giant's Basin; many of its stones were removed by warreners to build their rabbit-warrens at Ditsworthy, lower down the river. Higher up the slope and overlooking these monuments is a village of stone hut circles, akin to the one at Grimspound. To the north-east lie the extensive remains of Eylesbarrow tin mine and north-west is the concentric Yellowmead stone circle. The area also includes the Neolithic Dartmoor 'kistvaens', or kist tombs.
Location
- Location map:50°29’10"N, 3°59’6"W
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References
- Eric Hemery (1983). High Dartmoor. London: Robert Hale. pp. 187–194. ISBN 0-7091-8859-5.
