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Wood Barrow is a large barrow near the Chains which was badly excavated before 1630 when a dowser divined treasure in the form of brass beneath the mound. The diggers were stopped short by over-whelming faintness and a massive thunderstorm. There is an irregular stone setting nearby.
Wood Barrow stone setting SS 7148 4232 is marked on the Explorer map, and in some books, as a double stone row, but described as a setting in “The Field Archaelogy of Exmoor”. The visible stones did not seem to me to be in lines when I visited in 2004. Four were visible but only three would fit into the picture. Like most of the stone settings this one looks down into a valley, Yarbury Combe head.
Woodbarrow Gate
Woodbarrow Stone setting - copyright Celia Haddon
Wood Barrow Hangings stone setting SS 7151 4283 These are difficult to find being hidden by rushes. They are also positioned a little higher than the Explorer map suggests. I only found three of them, all fallen.
Wood Barrow Hangings stone setting - copyright Celia Haddon
Contributed by: Celia Haddon - more standing stones can be found on www.celiahaddon.co.uk and Jon Killen (top photo)
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