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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Upper Erme Row Alternative Name: Stall Moor, Stall Moor-Green HillCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Cornwood
Map Ref: SX63526447 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.464133N Longitude: 3.924305W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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graemefield visited on 7th Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 1
SandyG visited on 6th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 1.5
Being so remote from modern habitation, it survives fairly well, with about a thousand stones still visible, which is probably about half of the original number. Many of the others are probably still there, but now buried beneath the turf and peat. For much of the length of the row there is no loose rock on the surface, so most of the stones must have been moved here from elsewhere.
At the southern end, the row starts at the 16 metre diameter Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle. From here the row runs northwards, with the stones generally about half a metre tall above the modern turf, and spaced at intervals of about 1.5 to 2 metres. The grass around these stones is in July very long, and many of the stones are very difficult to see, but the path of the row is clearly seen by the darker shade of the grass surrounding them, and also for the path which runs alongside. The stones run off over the moor, up hill and down dale, crossing several streams and two rivers on their way to the top of Green Hill. What a magnificent row this is.
After about a kilometre, the row turns to the right and bears around a hillside, before dropping down into the Erme valley and crossing the river near to the Bronze Age Erme Pound settlement. From here it continues in haphazard fashion up and over the hill on the east bank before dropping down to the river valley again where it crosses the Red Lake River.
North of this river, it proceeds up the slopes of Dry Lake hill in fine style. The row here is very well conserved and stones are positioned about every 2 metres, although only about a foot tall with the current level of the ground. It is probable that the stones are substantially bigger than this but are now well buried in the peat, and there are the occasional fallen stone near to the surface which are about 1.5 metres in length, which gives the idea that they were perhaps all once possibly this size.
This part of the row can be followed easily over the hillside for more than a kilometre, before it fades away at the crossing of a small stream which has seen the attention of the tinners. Just the occasional stone can be followed from here up to the top of Green Hill, and its remains of a cairn near to the summit at 473 metres altitude. It has to be said that it is a bit of a leap of faith to get the row to this cairn, but in all probabilities the stones are all there buried under the peat.
The cairn itself is fairly indistinct, and takes a good bit of imagination to see what should be here. However its position is given away by the different vegetation growing on it, as is often the case on the moor. This cairn is about 9 metres in diameter, and has the usual hollow at the centre, with a few large block s of stone to be seen, at least one of which is standing on its edge. From here, the stone circle at the southern end of the row is now visible again, as are the four large pillars of the Stalldon Row on the southern skyline.
Now out here, you really are miles away from any habitation or even signs of life, and in a very exposed position in the middle of the almost featureless moor. Not a place to be in bad weather. But on a nice clear day like when I visited, its wonderful being here, although it’s a major walk to get back to the car.
Update August 2019: The whole of this stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Upper Erme, which includes a description, a simplified plan of the alignment, photographs and an illustration of the sea views visible from the northern end of the row.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441623 and is scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1003287 (Stall Moor circle and long stone row).
The row is also featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website: Stall Moor (Upper Erme) Stone Row.
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