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<< Our Photo Pages >> Yar Tor NW - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 01 October 2002  Page Views: 6679

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yar Tor NW Alternative Name: Lethbridge Corndon Triple Row
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Princetown  Nearest Village: Dartmeet
Map Ref: SX6806674043  Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.551218N  Longitude: 3.863676W
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.
3 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.
4 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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TheCaptain visited on 11th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 The Yar Tor triple stone row is much clearer to see than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. This has been helped by a lot of clearance of gorse etc. I followed the ruined triple row downhill to the north, and was pretty sure I could make out remnants of it right up to the field wall at SX67977427, further than I have seen mentioned anywhere else.

SandyG visited on 14th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available close to the row at SX 68224 73870. From here walk a short distance west.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Three rows leading up the hill towards the Money Pit cairn. (14th May 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Much ruined triple stone row on the southeastern slopes of Yar Tor near Dartmeet in Devon

Most probably one and the same set of rows as Yar Tor SE, but various reaves have been driven through breaking them up.

The upper end of the rows may once have started at the Moneypit cairn (SX68157385) and run downhill in a north-westerly direction to approx. SX68007415

Update August 2019: This stone row is recorded on the Stone Rows of Great Britain's website for Yar Tor, which includes a description, photographs and a plan of the row and its associated cairns. SRoGB adds: "(this is) a triple stone row measuring at least 250m long, including at least 124 mainly small-sized stones together with some medium and a few large-sized stones situated in a col between high ground to the west and east with landscape and sea view reveals" - see Sea Views at Yar Tor for details of the latter.

This row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442883 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1003288 (Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist). HE gives the co-ordinates for both ends of this triple alignment with two terminal cairns (one of which contains a cist) as SX 68066 74043 and SX 68197 73855. The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes a record for the MDV6459 (Yar Tor Triple Stone Row).

The row is also featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website see their entry for the Yar Tor Stone Row, which includes a photograph and description, plus links to other reference sources.
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Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by bec-zog : Yar Tor Stone rows & Burial cysts. @SX 682 738 near Dartmeet. With a bit of diligent searching remains of the triple stone rows can be found buried in heather & bracken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : I followed the Yar Tor triple stone row downhill to the north, and was pretty sure I could make out remnants of it right up to the field wall at SX67977427, further than I have seen mentioned anywhere else. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : A view along the Yar Tor triple stone row downhill to the north, showing the fine views over the moors. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : The Yar Tor triple stone row is a bit of a jumble in places where ancient reaves have cut through it. This is a view looking uphill to the south in the central section. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : This is a view looking uphill to the south in the central section. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : I followed the Yar Tor triple stone row downhill to the north, it is much clearer than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. This is a view looking downhill to the north in the central section.

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : The Yar Tor triple stone row is much clearer to see than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. This has been helped by a lot of clearance of gorse etc. This is a view looking up below the upper end, where the stones start to be visible again, looking up to the top section which may or may not be the rows referred to as Yar Tor SE.

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by TheCaptain : The Yar Tor triple stone row is much clearer to see than I remember it being decades ago, when I can barely remember finding much at all. This has been helped by a lot of clearance of gorse etc. This is a view near the upper end, where the stones start to be visible again, seperated from the top section which may or may not be the rows referred to as Yar Tor SE.

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : The row leads through a saddle between two hills. View from the north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Looking up the hill along the row. View from the north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Central part of the row. View from south east. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : The central part of the alignment. View from above and south east. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Recent vegetation clearance by the Dartmoor Preservation Association has revealed previously invisible stones. View from east. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : View of the best preserved length. View from north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Cairn next to the lower end of the row. View from the north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Three parallel rows heading down the hill . View from the south east. (14th May 2015). (2 comments)

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : The upper south eastern lengths of the three rows. View from the north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG : Three parallel lines of small stone forming the upper end of the triple alignment. View from north west. (14th May 2015).

Yar Tor NW
Yar Tor NW submitted by simonsworn : Facing south along the stone row from the mid point.

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 199m SE 144° Yar Tor SE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX68187388)
 212m SE 146° Money Pit cairn* Stone Circle (SX6818173865)
 216m SSE 159° Money Pit Cairns* Cairn (SX68147384)
 226m W 265° Yar Tor Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SX67847403)
 230m WSW 242° Yar Tor Summit* Cairn (SX67867394)
 507m ENE 71° Corndon Down Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX68557420)
 692m SE 140° Ouldsbroom Cross* Ancient Cross (SX6850173504)
 765m SW 214° Yar Tor Prehistoric Homestead* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX67627342)
 857m NE 35° Corndon Down N Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX68587473)
 902m SE 134° Sherril Down Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX687734)
 1.2km NNW 341° Sherwell Long Barrow* Long Barrow (SX677752)
 1.3km SE 128° Sherberton Common Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX691732)
 2.2km W 263° Huccaby Rings Inner* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6585473819)
 2.4km S 185° Aller Brook* Cist (SX67807168)
 2.4km S 178° Holne Moor North Ring Cairn (SX68097162)
 2.4km SSW 202° Combestone Tor* Rock Outcrop (SX671718)
 2.5km W 277° Huccaby Rings Outer* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6554474428)
 3.0km WNW 294° Laughter Tor row 1* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65377532)
 3.0km SSW 200° Holne Ridge 5* Cairn (SX66967120)
 3.1km S 190° Holne Moor* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6743171042)
 3.1km WNW 294° Laughter Tor Longstone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65227538)
 3.1km SSW 200° Holne Ridge 6* Cairn (SX66927111)
 3.2km WNW 294° Laughter Tor row 2* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65207538)
 3.2km SSW 198° Horn's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX66987103)
 3.2km SSW 199° Holne Ridge 7* Barrow Cemetery (SX66927105)
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