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<< Our Photo Pages >> Trowlesworthy West row - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 30 September 2002  Page Views: 6217

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trowlesworthy West row Alternative Name: Trowlesworthy 2
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Plymouth
Map Ref: SX57466397  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.458196N  Longitude: 4.009443W
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.
4 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.
3 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
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Catrinm visited on 10th Dec 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The Trowlesworthy sites are well worth a visit, though rarely are - park where the road ends car park (not marked on map) and walk round by the small pond. Beautiful rows with large stones frorDartmoor . West is a single row leading from ring cairn and fairy large stones closely placed together, with large blocking stone. December 2023

Catrinm visited on 10th Dec 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Impressive double row which crosses the leat . Well worth a visit

Catrinm visited on 29th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Access: 4

SandyG visited on 16th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SX 57055 63069. From here take the track leading north east which follows the northern edge of the Whitehill Yeo china clay pit. Follow this track to SX 57717 63693 then head north alongside the leat for about 280m at which point Trowlesworthy Row 1 will be reached. Trowlesworthy Row 2 is a short distance further on below the leat.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.75 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.25

Trowlesworthy West row
Trowlesworthy West row submitted by ernar : Trowlesworthy W group. A bottom-up view of the Stone row. To its immediate right you can see the edge of one of the pillow mounds. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the lower slopes of Trowlesworthy Tor, above the marshes surrounding the Blacka Brook, are found a couple of stone rows, one single and one double, each with its own cairn and circle of stones at their head.

The western of the two rows is a single row which runs away downhill in a westerly direction from its cairn and circle for a total length of 82 metres. A total of 44 stones still remain in the row, of an original total of probably about 50. The row is far from straight, curving towards the south as it progresses towards its large end stone, a 1.3 m high triangular block.

Unusually, some of the stones of the row are set across the row, rather than along it, although this may be due to difficulty in erecting the stones in the rocky ground.

Just a few metres from the southern end of the row is a large "bury" or "pillow mound" which is part of the Trowlesworthy Warren, which has remarkably been constructed without damaging the stone row. A little further away is a circular enclosure.

Update August 2019: This stone row is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Trowlesworthy W. Stone Row.

The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 439148 and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1016147 (A stone alignment, kerbed cairn, prehistoric settlement, four pillow mounds, a vermin trap and animal runs 720m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor).

The row also has an entry on the Devon and Dartmoor HER: MDV2415 (Stone Row 550 metres south-west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor).

The Stone Rows of Great Britain also includes a page for this site - see their entry for Trowlesworthy 2, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated cairn, photographs, and access information.
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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup : Trowlesworthy West row (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup : Trowlesworthy West row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Catrinm : Trowlesworthy West row Dec 23 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Catrinm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Catrinm : Single row 29.01.22

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup : Trowlesworthy West row

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Bladup

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Postman : The Bronze age and the medieval periods getting along just tickety boo thank you.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Postman : Western terminal stone of west stone row, leading to a little cairn circle, and just beyond is Trowlesworthy stone circle just visible.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Postman : Trowlesworthy West stone row, and a pillow mound, artificial rabbit warrens.

Trowlesworthy West row
Trowlesworthy West row submitted by Postman : Terminal stone nearest, curving gently to miss the later pillow mound.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : View from north east.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : Looking westward along the row. It is clear that it is sinuous in form and there is one marked change in orientation.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : The western length of the stone row. View from south east.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : Stone row passing a later pillow mound. View from north east.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : Looking eastward along the row. The final stone is clearly off-set from the row (Scale 1m).

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by SandyG : View from east.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : Looking northeast across the length of the Trowlesworthy West stone row at its lower end.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : Looking eastwards along the length of the Trowlesworthy West stone row from its lower end.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : The large stone at the lower end of the Trowlesworthy West stone row.

Trowlesworthy West row
Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : Looking east along the Trowlesworthy West stone row upwards towards its cairn circle.

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Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : Some of the larger stones near the lower end of the Trowlesworthy West stone row.

Trowlesworthy West row
Trowlesworthy West row submitted by TheCaptain : Looking west along the Trowlesworthy West stone row towards its lower end.

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 42m SW 223° Trowlesworthy West enclosure* Ring Cairn (SX57436394)
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