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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Merrivale row 4Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Merrivale
Map Ref: SX5535674586 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.553090N Longitude: 4.043179W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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lucasn visited on 27th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Anne T visited on 14th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Merrivale 4 stone row: Without Sandy G and Dave P’s guidance on this, I would probably have looked at these stones and not thought much about them, but in association with the other two short rows (5 and 6), the tall, impressive menhirs and the fallen stone and cairn nearby, it was a jumble to unpick, so I was very grateful for the explanations!
Richard13 visited on 1st Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
markj99 visited on 28th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I have visited here, but I was hypnotised by the tall Standing Stone. I failed to notice the alignment of smaller stones.
SandyG visited on 19th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a relatively short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the stone circle a short distance to the north of the row. The row is easiest found by walking towards the large standing stone situated close by.
woodini254 visited on 15th Mar 1994 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.17 Access: 3.67
Row 4 azimuth 6 length 7m GR 5535 7458 Burl calls this E.
Row 4 azimuth 6 length 7m GR 5535 7458 Burl calls this E
This short stone alignment is recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No. 440047, as MDC53397 (Short stone row south of standing stone, Merrivale) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1013430.
The row also features as part of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) - see their entries for the Merrivale Menhir 1 and the Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1].
The Stone Rows of Great Britain also includes an entry for this alignment - see their page for Merrivale 4, which includes a description, plans of the Merrivale monuments showing their relationships to each other, and a plan of row 4, showing its proximity to the standing stone, kerbed cairn and Merrivale Rows 5 and 6.
Butler in his “Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities”, volume 3, page 28, says: “Stone row 4 is now a trivial affair of 3 small slabs aligned towards a squarish block near the base of the standing stone. The area has suffered some considerable damage over the past century. There were five stones in 1895, the missing one presumably accounted for by the pit which has appeared between the upper stones. This may well be the site of the cairn, C4, at the head of the rows recorded by Rowe by not included in the plans of Lukis or Worth …. The Exploration Committee excavated both ends of the row but not more socket holes were found and they concluded that this short alignment was complete”.
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