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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Piles Hill W
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: Ivybridge
Map Ref: SX65056111  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.434287N  Longitude: 3.901549W
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 14th Apr 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The large recumbent stones can be seen , many covered in moss and peat. Recent cutting work evidence. Those must have been a grand avenue when they were upright, assuming they were. The east to west orientation at the end of Butterdon row,which leads to it, is interesting. They have a fantastic view of Plymouth Sound too.

Catrinm visited on 27th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2

SandyG visited on 10th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Car parking location is available at SX 64342 59548. From here head east to the Two Moors Way at SX 65765 59965. Then follow the track north to SX 65388 61077 where it crosses the row.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.33

Piles Hill W
Piles Hill W submitted by TheCaptain : Piles Hill Avenue, Dartmoor, Devon SX651611 to SX659611 Rainbow over the western end terminal stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This wonderful monument consists of an avenue of large stones, almost a kilometre in length running in an west to east direction over the top of the ridge of Piles Hill. The stones are generally between 1 and 2 metres in length, with many more than 2 metres.

The two rows vary in their distance apart, between 15 and 20 metres, and the stone spacing about 5 or 6 metres in each row.

The rows western end is at SX65056111 the eastern end at SX65886111

This sitepage is relevant to the western part of the avenue. More info and pictures for this avenue of stones given for the eastern end, Piles Hill NE
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Piles Hill W
Piles Hill W submitted by SandyG : Pair of stones at the possible eastern end of the row. The stone on the right has been recently re-erected and probably stood in the northern row whilst the one on the left may be a blocking stone. View from south. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Piles Hill W submitted by optilith : Piles Hill Stone Row looking out over the beautiful Middle Erme Valley (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : The wonderful re-erected western end of this large and once special stone row (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : A large fallen stone row stone between the newly re-erected standing stone and the also re-erected western end of the row, Maybe one day it will (hopefully) also be re-erected

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : Large fallen stone row stones between the newly re-erected standing stone and the also re-erected western end of the row, Maybe one day these will (hopefully) also be re-erected

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : The newly re-erected Standing Stone to the west of the two moors way path

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : The newly re-erected Standing Stone (with Ugborough Beacon in the background) to the west of the two moors way path

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup : The newly re-erected Standing Stone to the west of the two moors way path

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup

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Piles Hill W submitted by Bladup

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 326m SE 129° Piles Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX653609)
 529m SE 133° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
 682m N 354° Sharp Tor cairn* Cairn (SX65006179)
 771m N 355° Sharp Tor North East* Stone Row / Alignment (SX65006188)
 787m SE 143° Hobajons Cross* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65516047)
 828m E 89° Piles Hill NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65886111)
 926m SW 226° Lower Piles Enclosed Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX64376048)
 963m SE 134° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
 969m SE 130° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
 974m SE 134° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
 997m SSW 209° Lower Piles* Ring Cairn (SX6453660255)
 1.0km SSE 150° Butterdon Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6553960225)
 1.1km ESE 112° Glasscombe Corner Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6601660691)
 1.1km ESE 114° Glasscombe Corner SW Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX6601060646)
 1.1km ESE 105° Glasscombe Ball NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6610060802)
 1.1km WNW 285° Stalldown Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6397361429)
 1.2km S 176° Harford Moor N* Stone Row / Alignment (SX651599)
 1.2km S 171° Butterbrook* Stone Row / Alignment (SX652599)
 1.3km W 267° Stalldown South East* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63756107)
 1.3km S 176° Harford S.* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX651598)
 1.3km E 82° Upper Glazebrook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66366126)
 1.4km WSW 251° Burford Down Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX6370360687)
 1.4km SE 142° Spurrell's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX65915997)
 1.4km SE 146° Spurrells Cross Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6583759896)
 1.5km SE 146° Spurrell's Cross Row Terminal Cairn Cairn (SX6585859864)
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Re: Piles Hill Stone re-erected for Summer Solstice 2024 by AngieLake on Friday, 28 June 2024
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There was an item on local South West TV news on 27th June regarding the re-erection of a large standing stone.
I've just found a Devon County Council news email that includes a Dartmoor National Parks news item about this.
(Amusing that the title says it's 're-stood'... What, can't say 'erected' now?!! Ha! ha!!)

Here is a link: us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=21b2c661e1dffa9d75479d410&id=5ac7a37818

I hope I've added it to the correct site page!
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    Re: Piles Hill Stone re-erected for Summer Solstice 2024 by Bladup on Sunday, 30 June 2024
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    This is a fantastic double re-erection, Well done to all involved, I do hope they've put the stones up better than the Longstone just to the South of the Piles Hill Rows they re-erected a few years back that was leaning badly after just a short time and had to be put back into it's (non-leaning) standing position (Without good packing stones the standing stones will fall down again in the soft (when wet) ground.
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