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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shovel Down row 1 Alternative Name: Shoveldown Rows D, G, H and JCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX660862 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.660014N Longitude: 3.897212W
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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Catrinm visited on 18th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
hard to trace, but its there (sep 23) - have to go back in the winter ! saw the quartz stones, flat on ground
Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Shovel Down Row 1: My goodness, this row was difficult to spot! Thank goodness for Sandy’s patience, his wellington boots and his pole in pointing out a few of the stones!
graemefield visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 3.5
Walking from Batworthy Corner, the first part of the Shovel Down complex to be found is the remains of a very ruinous single stone row, which meanders in a southerly direction up and over the hill for over 500m. Most of the remaining stones are very small and hard to spot under the grass, and there are places with big gaps. There are no obvious ends to the row, there being no large end stones or cairns to be seen. However, towards the southerly end, there are quite a few quartz stones, to be seen, which may or may not be a part of the original row.
Update November 2019: This row is recorded as part of the entry for Pastscape Monument No. 443524, where it has been recorded as four separate parts (D, G, H & J), although it is all part of the same row.
The row also features on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks - see their entry for Shoveldown D-G-H-J Stone Row. PDW also gives a link to the Devon & Dartmoor HER: MDV6181: Alignment G on Shovel Down. The row is also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1017874 (The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge).
Also see The Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Shoveldown 1, which includes a plan showing the relationship between the monuments at Shoveldown, a description, photographs of the row and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
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