<< Our Photo Pages >> Sharpitor W - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sharpitor W Alternative Name: Peek Hill Stone RowCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Walkhampton
Map Ref: SX5505870748 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.518523N Longitude: 4.045889W
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 |
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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 |
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SandyG visited on 23rd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SX 55678 70644. From here walk due west for about 700m.
TheCaptain have visited here
The row starts near a cairn at the uphill end, and proceeds for 130 metres southwest down the slope to a large terminal stone, about 4 feet high. Just before this lower terminal stone, a spring and its small stream has broken through the row, and taken out some of the stones. About halfway along the row is a strange double pair of stones.
The views to the southwest from here, overlooking the Tamar estuary are superb.
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Sharpitor, West, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated cairn, photographs of the alignment with its terminal pillar and cairn, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes a separate entry for Sea Views at Sharpitor, West, which discusses and illustrates the sea views, sea triangles and stacked sea triangles that are visible from various points along the row.
The row is also recorded on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Sharpitor W. (Peek Hill) Stone Row and the Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440234 as MDV12831 (Stone alignment 600 metres north-east of Horseyeatt) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1019566 (Stone alignment, five cairns, two stone hut circles and a length of reave 600m north east of Horseyeatt).
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