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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cheriton Ridge 2 - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 01 October 2002  Page Views: 7404

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cheriton Ridge 2 Alternative Name: Cheriton Ridge NW; Cheriton Ridge North
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Lynmouth  Nearest Village: Cheriton
Map Ref: SS7491444322  Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 51.184400N  Longitude: 3.791118W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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SandyG visited on 16th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Abundant car parking is available at Brendon Two Gates at SS 76510 43254. From here head west following the track that leads beside the field wall. After crossing the valley of Farley Water head south to the row.

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Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : This stone setting is easily found, even though the four standing stones are each no more than a foot tall. At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken. (Vote or comment on this photo)
South along the Two Moors Way (Tarka Trail) along the top of the Cheriton Ridge, and a couple of kilometres out onto the open moorland can be found the remains of this stone setting.

At last, I have found some stones! This stone setting is easily found, even though the four standing stones are each no more than a foot tall. At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken. The spacing between each stone is about 8 metres.

Then, to the east, I found plenty more broken and fallen stones, which if all in place would have meant that this setting was perhaps three rows of four stones, running laterally to what is the remaining sixpack.

These stone settings remain a mystery to me, there seems very little regularity between them all, in either their position or their arrangement.

Update October 2019: This row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Cheriton Ridge, North which includes a description, a plan of Cheriton Ridge and a plan of the Cheriton Ridge, North Stone Row (from a recent survey carried out in April 2018), photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information. The SRoGB also includes a section for 'Landscape Comments', demonstrating how the row may be aligned with the setting sun through Holdstone Hill at the summer solstice.

The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 35442 and as MDE1310 (Prehistoric stone setting on east side of Cheriton Ridge) on the Exmoor National Park HER.
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Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : This stone setting is easily found, even though the four standing stones are each no more than a foot tall. At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : This stone setting is easily found, even though the four standing stones are each no more than a foot tall. At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : Then, to the east, I found plenty more broken and fallen stones, which if all in place would have meant that this setting was perhaps three rows of four stones, running laterally to what is the remaining sixpack.

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain : To the east, I found plenty more broken and fallen stones, which if all in place would have meant that this setting was perhaps three rows of four stones, running laterally to what is the remaining sixpack.

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Plan of Cheriton Ridge 2 stone row showing the position of the numbered stones (Source: survey at 1:200 by Sandy Gerrard).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 10, is recumbent, measures 0.64m long by 0.25m wide, stands up to 0.12m high and is orientated at 105°. View from north east (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 9, is recumbent, measures 0.55m long by 0.21m wide, stands up to 0.05m high and is orientated at 173°. View from east (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 8, is recumbent, measures 0.70m long by 0.32m wide, stands up to 0.08m high and is orientated at 149°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 7, is recumbent, measures 0.66m long by 0.26m wide, stands up to 0.05m high and is orientated at 121°. Adjacent smaller stone maybe packing. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 6, is recumbent, measures 0.48m long by 0.16m wide, stands up to 0.03m high and is orientated at 100°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 5 is recumbent, measures 0.68m long by 0.25m wide, stands up to 0.10m high and is orientated at 155°. Adjacent smaller stone maybe packing. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 4 measures 0.35m long by 0.14m wide, stands up to 0.32m high and is orientated at 112°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 3 measures 0.32m long by 0.30m wide, stands up to 0.4m high and is orientated at 50°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 2 measures 0.24m long by 0.20m wide, stands up to 0.28m high and is orientated at 84°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : Stone 1 measures 0.59m long by 0.15m wide, stands up to 0.47m high and is orientated at 70°. The sea view can be seen in the background. View from south (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : The western stones. View from above and the north (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : View from above and the north (Scale 1m). Five stones are visible from this angle.

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by SandyG : The western row of stones. View from the north (Scale 1m).

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by Bladup : You can just see three stones of Cheriton Ridge stone row in this wet photo.

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by Bladup : Two stones of Cheriton Ridge stone row.

Cheriton Ridge 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by Bladup : Three stones of the Cheriton Ridge stone row.

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 90m ENE 56° Cheriton Ridge 1* Standing Stones (SS74994437)
 117m NE 53° Cheriton Ridge 3* Standing Stones (SS75014439)
 269m NNE 15° Farley Water stones* Standing Stones (SS74994458)
 574m SSE 150° Cheriton Ridge stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SS7519243819)
 578m NW 321° Cheriton Ridge ring cairn* Ring Cairn (SS74564478)
 608m SW 230° Hoaroak Hill* Standing Stones (SS74444394)
 775m ENE 78° Pig Hill (S)* Standing Stones (SS7567944460)
 957m S 185° Cheriton Ridge 6* Standing Stones (SS74814337)
 1.1km ENE 57° Pig Hill (N)* Standing Stones (SS75834489)
 1.1km WSW 239° Hoaroak 1* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SS7397543789)
 1.1km WNW 290° Furzehill Common 5* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SS73894472)
 1.1km SSE 152° Cheriton Ridge 4* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SS75414332)
 1.1km WSW 250° Furzehill Common stone row * Stone Row / Alignment (SS73844396)
 1.2km W 265° Furzehill Common 2* Standing Stones (SS73744425)
 1.2km ESE 122° Clannon Ball* Standing Stones (SS75924366)
 1.3km WNW 297° Furzehill Common Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SS73754494)
 1.4km S 173° Cheriton Ridge Boundary stones* Modern Stone Circle etc (SS75054295)
 1.4km WSW 253° Furzehill Common 1* Stone Row / Alignment (SS7351843922)
 1.5km W 276° Furzehill Common cairn* Cairn (SS73444451)
 1.6km W 275° Furzehill Common 0* Standing Stones (SS73324451)
 1.7km S 176° Hoaroak stones* Standing Stones (SS74984263)
 1.7km W 271° Furzehill Common Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SS732444)
 1.8km ESE 111° Brendon Two Gates (W)* Standing Stones (SS76604364)
 2.0km W 266° Warcombe Water row* Stone Row / Alignment (SS72864424)
 2.1km S 190° Long Chains Coombe NE Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SS745423)
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