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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shovel Down row 4 Alternative Name: Shovel Down Row C (Worth)Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX65988595 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.657763N Longitude: 3.897404W
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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Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Shovel Down Row 4: From Shovel Down Cairn Row 4, this row started just to the north west, the stones ‘marching’ steadily downhill. These stones were similar in size to the Drizzlecombe Stone Rows 1 & 2, but largely hidden in tall grass.
Whilst everyone else walked down to the Fourfold Stone Circle to start a well deserved lunch break, and see the start of Shovel Down Row 2, I paused to take photographs of row 4. The row reminded me more than a little of Standingstone Rigg in Northumberland, with the size of the stones and the steepness of the slope down which the stones ran (not literally!).
graemefield visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.
TheCaptain cazzyjane have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.33
Shovel Down double stone row 4 is again a typical Dartmoor avenue, and can be seen just to the south west of the fourfold circle, running off up the hillside to the south. This row is completely to the west of the reave built through the site, and has escaped the destruction that row 3 has suffered, and is today probably the most complete of all the Shovel Down rows.
The row is about 120 metres in length, made with nicely paired stones set about a metre and a half from each other.
The southern end of this row is at the top of a reasonably steep hillside, where it runs down from a 7 metre diameter cairn with a central pit, recorded separately - see our entry for SID 28953 (Shovel Down Cairn Row 4). There is no obvious terminus to the row at the northern end, a few yards west of the fourfold circle.
Update November 2019: This row is recorded as part of the entry for Pastscape Monument No. 443524 (row C), as MDC14875 (Alignment C on Shovel Down). The alignment is also 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).
The row is also featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entries for Shovel Down Row C and the Shovel Down Complex.
Further information, together with a plan of the site, photographs and a description can also be found on The Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Shoveldown 4, which includes a description, a plan of the monuments on Shoveldown showing their relationships to each other, photographs of the alignment, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
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