<< Our Photo Pages >> Butterbrook - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Butterbrook Alternative Name: Harford Moor rows, north and south.Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX652599 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.423446N Longitude: 3.899003W
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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SandyG visited on 25th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east for 850m. The row is a short distance to the north of the bridleway.
TheCaptain have visited here
On Harford Moor, the southwestern slopes below Piles Hill, near to the upper reaches of Butter Brook, are the remains of a couple of stone alignments, which are very close together. The easiest to find is a short double row, which extends in a northeasterly direction away from a small cairn. There are a several pairs of very closely set stones remaining, including what is probably the end pair, which are slightly larger than the others, about 25m distant from the cairn.
Just to the north of this double row is a single row of stones, on a similar alignment, which crosses beyond the end of the double row. The stones are smaller than those of the double row, some hardly showing above the ground, and not easy to see in all the loose natural stone of the area. There is no obvious western end to the row, and the furthest stones here are more or less adjacent to the cairn of the double row. Towards the east, the row pretty much disappears into the clitter of the natural rock strewn slope, but traces can be seen for a distance of about 100 metres. Further up the slope are more remains of a stone row, which may well be a continuation of this row.
There are many other cairns and stones in this area which may be remains of other structures. Visited Sunday, 20th June 2004
For details of the individual stone rows, see the nearby sites list below.
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100m W 269° Harford Moor N* Stone Row / Alignment (SX651599)
141m SW 223° Harford S.* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX651598)
469m NE 45° Butterdon Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6553960225)
607m E 98° Spurrells Cross Cairn Circle* Stone Circle (SX658598)
635m E 89° Spurrells Cross Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6583759896)
648m NNE 27° Hobajons Cross* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65516047)
657m E 92° Spurrell's Cross Row Terminal Cairn Cairn (SX6585859864)
676m SE 136° Butterdon Hill Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SX6566059403)
711m E 83° Spurrell's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX65915997)
734m NE 45° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
738m WSW 251° Harford Moor Encircled Cairn* Stone Circle (SX6449459677)
750m NE 44° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
751m WNW 297° Lower Piles* Ring Cairn (SX6453660255)
799m SW 215° Butter Brook* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX64725926)
805m SE 133° Butterdon Hill Cist* Cist (SX6578159341)
816m NE 44° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
871m NNE 14° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
955m SW 231° Harford settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6444559313)
988m SE 134° Butterdon East* Stone Row / Alignment (SX65905920)
1.0km N 4° Piles Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX653609)
1.0km WNW 304° Lower Piles Enclosed Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX64376048)
1.0km S 181° Weatherdon Hill (Devon) Ring Cairn (SX65165889)
1.1km NE 46° Glasscombe Corner SW Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX6601060646)
1.1km SSE 168° Weatherdon Hill Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX65405881)
1.1km NE 44° Glasscombe Corner Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6601660691)
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