Lanacombe

Lanacombe is an area of Exmoor in Somerset, South West England. It is the site of several standing stones and cairns which have been scheduled as ancient monuments.[1][2][3][4][5]

The stone settings are between 0.3 metres (1 ft 0 in) and 0.65 metres (2 ft 2 in) high.[6] A series of Bronze Age stone cairns are closely associated with the standing stones.[7][8][9]

Geophysical surveys undertaken since 2005 have shown that the stones were surrounded by wooden posts,[10] and platforms and a circular high-resistance anomaly of uncertain date.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Lanacombe 1: a stone setting and two cairns on the east side of Lanacombe". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lanacombe 2: a stone setting and cairn on the east side of Lanacombe". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lanacombe 3: a stone setting and cairn on the east side of Lanacombe". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lanacombe 4: a stone setting on the ENE side of Lanacombe". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lanacombe 5: a stone alignment on the south east side of Lanacombe". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Tilley, Christopher (2010). Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 3. Left Coast Press. pp. 322–323. ISBN 9781598743746.
  7. ↑ "MSO7116 - Burial Cairn, North of Lanacombe I". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "MSO6967 - Cairn Associated with Lanacombe III Stone Setting". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "MSO6969 - Cairn Associated with Lanacombe I Stone Setting". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Miniliths of Exmoor: Lanacombe". Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Gillings, Mark; Taylor, Jeremy (2010). "Excavation and Survey at the Exmoor Stone Settings of Lanacombe I and IV" (PDF). Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: 23–34.

Coordinates: 51°10′24″N 3°44′15″W / 51.1733°N 3.7375°W / 51.1733; -3.7375

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