<< Our Photo Pages >> Fernworthy stone row SW - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fernworthy stone row SW Alternative Name: Froggymead S, Fernworthy row 3, Fernworthy row 'C', '1D' '2D' and '3D'Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Chagford
Map Ref: SX6547984105 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.641065N Longitude: 3.903818W
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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Catrinm visited on 18th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Reava visited on 13th Mar 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 65948 83908. From here head west on the forestry track to SX 65477 84039. In the clearing on your right are a stone circle, cairns and two stone rows. Fernworthy SW is situated in this clearing to the south of the stone circle.
AngieLake TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3.67
The northern end is defined by its terminal cairn, but as with the other rows there is no clear difinition of its southern terminus.
Update October 2019: This row is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Fernworthy S.W. Stone Row and the Fernworthy Ceremonial Complex.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443857 and on the Devon and Dartmoor HER as MDV14886 (Western Stone Row to south of Fernworthy Stone Circle).
The row is also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1017984(A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge).
This row is also recorded on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Fernworthy 3 (SW), which includes a description, photographs, a plan of the Fernworthy rows showing their relationship to the stone circle and associated cairns, access information plus links to other online resources for more information.
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