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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sharpitor NW single row - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 10 October 2004  Page Views: 5027

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sharpitor NW single row
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Princetown  Nearest Village: Walkhampton
Map Ref: SX5567170601  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.517353N  Longitude: 4.037191W
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.
4 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
5

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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 very close to the row at SX 55678 70644.

TimPrevett have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Brian Byng : Sharpitor NW single row, looking northeast (Vote or comment on this photo)
Situated on the north western slopes of Sharpitor, just to the south of the B3212 by Goatstone Pool, can be found the remains of a fairly ruinous double stone row and a single stone row.

At the eastern end of the double row (Sharpitor North West 1) is the remains of a single row, at a slight angle to the double row, but this row is very ruinous.

Beyond the downhill ends of these rows is a nice little cairn which survives in a much better condition, with remains of a central cist, and a surrounding stone kerb.

Update November 2019: This single stone row, which runs for 133m and includes at least 30 small and medium stones, is included on the Stone Rows of Great Britain - see their entry for Sharpitor, North West 2, which includes a description, a plan of both rows at this location with their blocking stone and associated cairns, photographs of the alignment, access information and a list of online resources for more information.

The SRoGB includes a separate entry for Sea Views at Sharpitor NW 2, which discusses and illustrates the viewpoints and landscape features which comes into (and out of) view as you progress along the row.

The row is also featured on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) - see their entries for the Sharpitor N.W. 2 Stone Row and the Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists.

The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440366, as MDV3761 (Single stone row 350 meters north-west of Sharpitor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1007422 (Two stone alignments and a round cairn 390m NW of Sharpitor).
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Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by SandyG : This alignment mainly consists of tiny stones protruding through the turf (Scale 1m). (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by TimPrevett : 04/06/09 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Postman : Looking that way. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Postman : Looking this way (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by SandyG : The row leading towards the western terminal cairn. View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by TimPrevett : 04/06/09

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by TimPrevett

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by TimPrevett

Sharpitor NW single row
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Brian Byng : Sharpitor NW single row, looking southwest

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 17m NNW 338° Sharpitor NW double row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX5566570617)
 183m ENE 64° Sharpitor cairn circle* Cairn (SX5583870678)
 499m ENE 67° Sharpitor NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX5613670785)
 629m WNW 282° Sharpitor W* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5505870748)
 631m WNW 282° Sharpitor W Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX5505670751)
 754m ENE 73° Sharpitor NE (2) Stone Row / Alignment (SX564708)
 758m NNE 25° Leeden Hill* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX56017128)
 784m ENE 70° Stanlake Cist* Cist (SX5641670852)
 1.2km NNW 338° Routrundle South* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX55257172)
 1.2km NE 43° Leeden Tor* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5652271474)
 1.3km SSE 148° Leather Tor* Cist (SX5631869522)
 1.3km ESE 103° Stan Lake Platform Cairn Circle Cairn (SX56917028)
 1.3km NNW 345° Routrundle North* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX55387185)
 1.5km ENE 67° Stanlake Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57057115)
 1.5km N 6° Ingra Tor Cist* Cairn (SX5587272083)
 1.5km ENE 58° Black Tor Stone Row Cairns (Stanlake)* Cairn (SX5699071370)
 1.7km ENE 57° Black Tor (Meavy)* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX5710271463)
 2.2km ENE 65° Raddick Hill North* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57657147)
 2.2km ENE 59° Hart Tor north rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX57637169)
 2.3km ENE 60° Hart Tor south row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX57687168)
 2.3km ENE 60° Hart Tor North circle* Stone Circle (SX57717171)
 2.3km ENE 60° Hart Tor South Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX57727170)
 2.3km ENE 74° Raddick Hill Cist* Cist (SX57937116)
 2.5km NNE 24° Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX56747286)
 2.7km ESE 117° Down Tor Cist* Cist (SX58046929)
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