<< Our Photo Pages >> Shovel Down row 5 - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shovel Down row 5 Alternative Name: Shoveldown ECountry: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX66028581 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.656514N Longitude: 3.896788W
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 |
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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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Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Shovel Down Row 5: Having been a little mystified by trying to find Rows 3 and 1, and having to rely on Sandy G to point out a few of the ground-level small stones, to find this stone row, running towards the Longstone, was really good. Glorious views over to Kes Tor, although it was still a little misty to get great photos.
graemefield visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.
TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.33
Shovel Down double stone row 5 runs southwards from the top of the hill above where row 4 finishes, towards The Longstone, about 150 metres away.
Apart from a couple of nice pairs of stones at the upper end, most of the stones in this avenue are either small and mostly buried in the turf, or have been removed, although traces of the row can be seen almost right to the Longstone. There are no traces of a cairn at its upper, northern, end where one would be expected.
Update November 2019: This row is recorded as row E in Pastscape's entry for Monument No. 443524, as MDV6179 (Alignment E on Shovel Down) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1017874 (The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge).
It also features on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks - see their entries for Shoveldown E-F (rows 5 and 6) and the Shovel Down Complex.
For a description, plan of the monuments in this area showing their relationship to each other, plus photographs, access information and a list of online resource for more information, also see The Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Shoveldown 5.
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