4256 x 2831 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 gennaio 2012
Ubicazione:
Shovel Down, Dartmoor
Altre informazioni:
The Longstone is part of a double stone row which along with two other double rows and two single rows make up the Shoveldon complex. The menhir stands at the northern end of its 148m stone row and is positioned across the linear alignment so as to act as a blocking stone. The height above ground of the granite pillar is 3.1m which makes it the fourth tallest menhir still standing on Dartmoor. It can be estimated that such a granite pillar would weigh in the region of 4 tons which by no stretch of the imagination would have been an easy task to erect. As far as dating goes, the consensus is that the menhir was contemporary with the surrounding Bronze Age features which would place it at around 3, 500 years old.
