Saturday, 16 November 2024

The Sarsens of Devon

Devon is pleasantly littered with Sarsen stones, mainly in the south of the county. Nash et al even sampled some for their paper hunting for the sources of the Stonehenge Sarsens.


David J. Nash et al. ,Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge.Sci. Adv.6,eabc0133(2020).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abc0133


Here are the sarsens in Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset, looking very like the ones further west in Shebbear.



 I'm intrigued by reports from elsewhere in the county, especially this one from North Molton, which I can't find corroborated more recently. I must look when I'm next passing.
CHURCHES BUILT ON PRE-CHRISTIAN BURIAL-PLACES. Ward, H Snowden.  The Antiquary; London Vol. 2, Iss. 3, (Mar 1906): 120-120.

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