Monument record MHG1286 - Stone Rows, Tormsdale

At ND 1483 4974, on a gentle, W-facing slope in degraded pasture, is a group of approximately ten surviving stone rows aligned from N-S around the WNW-ESE, and comprising at least 111 stones, of which the large majority just protrude or are buried closed to the surface. The largest stone is 0.8 by 0.2 by 0.6m high. The rows have been obscured in several places by later activity; peat and turf-cutting has encroached on the N side, exposing some stones but undoubtedly causing the removal of others; an amorphous hummock which appears to be composed entirely of peat overlies the rows to an unknown extent in the NW, and an apparent gap in the row system in the S has possibly been caused by early-modern cultivation which has taken place.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 15 March 1982.