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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stall Moor circle - Stone Circle in England in Devon

Submitted by thecaptain on Monday, 14 August 2006  Page Views: 14831

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stall Moor circle Alternative Name: Stall Down, The Dancers, Kiss in the Ring; Erme Cairn Circle; Turner G16; Grinsell Cornwood 10
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ivybridge  Nearest Village: Cornwood
Map Ref: SX6351764442  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.463880N  Longitude: 3.924337W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 1 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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Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by thecaptain : Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle. Seen here looking to the south, from the end of the longest known prehistoric stone row in the World. The most magnificent Dartmoor stone row can be seen from here (in reality, if not this picture), running over the top of Stalldown Barrow hill in the distance of this picture. (Vote or comment on this photo)
At the southern end of the longest ancient stone row in Britain, and possibly the world, can be found the Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle, miles away from any modern habitation, and a long desolate walk from anywhere.

What a lovely stone circle this is, at the southern end of the longest ancient stone row known. Strangely, the tallest stone, 1.5 metres high, is not at the end of the row, although it looks like there may have been a tall stone here which is now fallen.

The diameter of the circle is 16 to 17 metres, and most of the stones are less than a metre tall. Several bits of stone are to be seen in the central area of the circle, but no particular structures or patterns can be made out.

The stones are not evenly spaced, and there are many more of them on the western side than the eastern side, but it is thought that the stones are all here, with little alteration having taken place over the millennia.

Update September 2019: This cairn circle is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Erme Cairn Circle and the Upper Erme Row & Cairn Circle.

This monument is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442445 and on the Devon and Dartmoor HER; see MDV4310 (Stall Moor Stone Circle).

The circle is also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1003287 (Stall Moor circle and long stone row).
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Stall Moor circle submitted by StoneLee : Lovely Kiss in the Ring. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by StoneLee : Love this (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Kiss in the Ring (Stall Moor circle). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by thecaptain : Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle, seen here looking to the west. The longest prehistoric stone row in the world can be seen running away from this circle northwards to the right of the picture past my friends. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-the-Ring) looking North

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-the-Ring) looking West

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-the-Ring)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-the-Ring), The largest Stone in the Circle

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-the-Ring)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-a-Ring)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss-in-a-Ring) looking South

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor Stone Circle (Kiss in the Ring)

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup

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Stall Moor circle submitted by graemefield : Kiss in the ring circle on a hot June afternoon 2016

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Stall Moor circle.

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Kiss in the Ring (Stall Moor circle).

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup

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Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : The largest stone at Kiss in the Ring (Stall Moor circle).

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup : Kiss in the Ring (Stall Moor circle).

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by Bladup

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by caradoc68 : This Stone Row is part of the longest stone row in Europe, and this entry refers to the northern part of the row. It is considered by some that the row was originally two rows, the northern and southern ends, which over time became joined together. Just the occasional stone can be followed from the top of Green Hill, and its remains of a cairn near to the summit at 473 metres altitude. It ha...

Stall Moor circle
Stall Moor circle submitted by caradoc68 : Picture taken on a low cloud day in day.

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 28m N 4° Upper Erme Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63526447)
 516m N 359° Upper Erme Cairns* Cairn (SX6352264958)
 643m S 175° Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX63566380)
 924m SSE 154° Dry Lake North Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX639636)
 1.1km NNE 33° Hook Lake Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6411265318)
 1.1km NNE 32° Brown Heath Cairn and Cist* Chambered Cairn (SX6411465327)
 1.1km NNE 29° Hook Lake Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6408065390)
 1.1km NNE 19° Erme Pound Cist Cist (SX63926551)
 1.2km N 351° Knackersmill Gulf North Cist Cist (SX63376559)
 1.2km N 10° Erme Pound* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6375965651)
 1.2km S 190° Stalldown North* Cairn (SX63276323)
 1.3km SW 224° Ranny Brookhead Cist* Cist (SX62616354)
 1.5km SW 232° Ranny Brook Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6232963551)
 1.6km SW 235° Ranny Brook North Cist* Cist (SX62156355)
 1.6km N 8° Redlake Foot* Cist (SX63786607)
 1.8km SW 236° Yealm Steps* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX62016348)
 1.9km SSE 152° Three Barrows West prehistoric settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6436762738)
 2.0km S 187° Stalldown Encircled Cairn* Cairn (SX6320862489)
 2.0km S 187° Stalldon Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63236248)
 2.0km S 185° Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E* Cairn (SX63286245)
 2.1km S 186° Stalldown Cairn Circle* Stone Circle (SX63246241)
 2.1km SSW 209° Harrowthorn* Cairn (SX6244662645)
 2.1km ENE 59° Western White Barrow* Cairn (SX6535465480)
 2.1km S 178° Stalldown Ring Cairn Circle* Ring Cairn (SX63526230)
 2.2km S 175° Hillson's House* Cairn (SX63666228)
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Re: Stall Moor by seo1000 on Saturday, 19 August 2006
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A very interesting stone circle in an appropriate setting indeed! I missed it when I was in the area in 1981 (1) However, I wonder why it would be significantly older than some of its counterparts both in Britain and in France. Do you have any information to enlighten me on the subject? Thank you.
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Re: Stall Moor by TheCaptain on Monday, 14 August 2006
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During a weekend backpacking on southern Dartmoor, we camped down by the river Erme nearby for the evening, and while dinner was being prepared, I came for an exploration of the circle. It’s a pity the grass was all so long, well above knee height, and the stones are all too overgrown, but it’s lovely nevertheless.

This is a real, proper job of a circle, with countless stones! I counted 22 stones first time (clockwise) and then 24 going anticlockwise. With a bit of delving into the long grass, I got to 26 stones on my third count, again going clockwise.

I spent quite some time here during the evening, while camping nearby, hoping for a gap in the clouds to give some sunlight for taking photographs, but without luck as it only got darker and more overcast. But while spending this time here, I started to feel a magic about the place. It was extremely tempting to go to the camp down by the river, and move my tent up here to spend the night inside the middle of the circle.

The next morning came back, this time in lovely sunshine. I counted the stones again, and this time got to 25, while my friend counted 23. This just goes to prove that it is impossible to count them accurately.

The views south over the Erme valley are lovely, and the four large stones at the northern end of Stalldon stone row can clearly be seen on top of their hill on the skyline. To the north, the stone row can be seen marching over the moorlands to the horizon.

Fantastic. Now one of my favourite ancient places.
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