<< Our Photo Pages >> Merrivale - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: MerrivaleCountry: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Princetown
Map Ref: SX55487477 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.554774N Longitude: 4.041501W
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 3.75
Update November 2019: This complex is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Merrivale Ceremonial Complex and the Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2].
The site is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440056 and cheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1013429 (Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common).
Also see the Legendary Dartmoor website's entry for the Merrivale Complex.
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13m SE 127° Merrivale Cists* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SX5549074762)
36m WNW 302° Merrivale North Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX55457479)
50m W 268° Merrivale Centre N* Cairn (SX55437477)
72m NE 55° Merrivale NE circle* Stone Circle (SX55547481)
76m SSW 202° Merrivale Stone Slabs 1 and 2* Stone Row / Alignment (SX55457470)
80m W 268° Merrivale Centre S* Cairn (SX55407477)
80m E 81° Merrivale Centre Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX55567478)
86m W 262° Merrivale SW row 3* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5539474761)
169m WNW 293° Merrivale N circle* Stone Circle (SX5532674841)
181m W 262° Merrivale NW* Stone Circle (SX55307475)
191m SW 221° Merrivale circle* Stone Circle (SX55357463)
193m WSW 247° Cairn south of Stone Row B (Merrivale)* Cairn (SX553747)
211m SSW 210° Merrivale Second Menhir and Cairn* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX55377459)
216m SSW 212° Merrivale Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX55367459)
221m NNE 17° Merrivale settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5555174979)
221m SW 215° Merrivale 5* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5534974592)
222m SSW 212° Merrivale row 4* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5535674586)
225m SW 215° Merrivale 6* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5534474590)
921m ESE 108° Yellowmeade Farm* Cairn (SX56357446)
994m SSE 166° King's Tor* Rock Outcrop (SX557738)
1.3km WSW 251° Vixen Tor* Cist (SX5424074392)
1.9km NE 49° Mis Tor Farm Cairn (SX56927594)
2.1km WSW 255° Windy Post Cross* Ancient Cross (SX53437428)
2.2km W 263° Barn Hill Cairn (SX53337458)
2.2km NW 326° Roos Tor Rocks* Rock Outcrop (SX543766)
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