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Description: | The well preserved chamber of a Neolithic tomb from which the mound of earth has been removed. Neolithic chambered tomb known as Arthur's Stone overlooking the valley of the River Dore. Most of the earthen mound, which would have originally covered the tomb, has been removed thus exposing the stone infrastructure. This includes a stone burial chamber, or cromlech, and an entrance passage.Chamber composed of 9 orthostats standing up to 1.1m high, five of which support a massive capstone. This is now broken at roughly the midpoint but would originally have measured 5.9m long by 3.7m wide and up to 0.6m thick. The exposed entrance passage consists of 9 stones arranged to form a passage 0.8m wide, running circa 5m east to west before turning at right angles to the south for 2.9m. Some 3m to the south east of the chamber are 2 upright stone slabs which may have formed a trilithon by supporting a third slab to form a lintel. Repair work in 1900 records the presence of such a structure. Traces of the mound which once covered all the stones can be recognised and in its present form it is roughly oval in plan, on a east wwest orientation, measuring circa 22m by 19m. There are also undisturbed kerbstones around the edge of the in its south east quarter. Scheduled | Subjects: | Religious Ritual And Funerary Chambered Tomb | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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