<< Our Photo Pages >> Sharpitor NE - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sharpitor NE Alternative Name: Sharpitor ECountry: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Walkhampton
Map Ref: SX5613670785 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.519121N Longitude: 4.030708W
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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SandyG visited on 27th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 56120 70875. From here the row is a very short walk to the south.
TheCaptain have visited here
Situated on the flattish saddle of land between Sharpitor and Leedon Tor, just to the south of the B3212 can be found the remains of a few cairns and a much ruined double stone row. The remains of this row are only about 20 metres long, with the double row of stones being placed very close to each other. The cairn at the upper, western, end of the row is also very flattened and ruinous.
Just beyond the downhill end of the row is another cairn in much better condition.
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Sharpitor, North East, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated cairns (also showing how it is cut by a reave), photographs, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website as the Sharpitor E. Stone Row and the Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists.
The row is also recorded, along with its cairns, as Pastscape Monument No. 440158, as MDV4991 (Stone row 450 meters north of Sharpitor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1007433 (Stone alignment, two round cairns and a length of Walkhampton Common reave lying in a valley between Sharpitor and Leeden Tor).
Note: Please note this row is referred to as Sharpitor E in Burl, which PDW tells us can cause confusion with another alleged row.
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