<< Our Photo Pages >> Sharpitor NW double row - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sharpitor NW double rowCountry: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Walkhampton
Map Ref: SX5566570617 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.517496N Longitude: 4.037282W
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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markj99 visited on 28th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The Sharpitor NW Stone Rows are easily visited by parking at SX 55707 70679, adjacent to a pool S of the B3212. The stones are mostly small and hidden under the moorland vegetation. The rows are delineated by a few exposed stones.
SandyG visited on 13th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This is a very accessible stone row. Car parking is available adjacent to the row at SX 55678 70644.
Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
The remains of the double row start at a flattened cairn at the western end, and travel roughly eastwards over the crest of the hill, past the pool to a couple of large slabs and a blocking stone about 10 metres away. The stones are mostly very small, with many of them missing, and the row is very difficult to trace, especially by the pool and carpark.
Update November 2019: This row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Sharpitor, North West 1, which includes a description, a plan of the Sharpitor stone alignments with their blocking stone and terminal cairns, photographs, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes a separate entry for Sea Views at Sharpitor NW 1.
This row is also included on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Sharpitor N.W. 1 Stone Row and the Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists. PDW adds: ""The double stone row is in poor shape. Both terminals have survived fixing its length at 113m from the blocking stone to the centre of the cairn".
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440167, as MDV3762 (Double stone row 350m north-west of Sharpitor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No 1007422 (Two stone alignments and a round cairn 390m NW of Sharpitor).
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