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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cantrell - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon

Submitted by Brian_Byng on Tuesday, 05 October 2004  Page Views: 10908

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cantrell Alternative Name: Bittaford
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Ivybridge  Nearest Village: Bittaford
Map Ref: SX6568957160  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.398930N  Longitude: 3.891142W
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
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no data 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
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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
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SandyG visited on 4th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Car parking is available nearby at SX 65830 57177.

Cantrell
Cantrell submitted by Brian Byng : Cantrell. This double stone row @ SX 6570 5717 has a cairn at the upper end which is on the skyline when viewed from the lower end of the row. The ruined cairn is 8m diameter & has a single slab at the centre in a hollow. Perhaps the remains of a burial kist. The row is 48m long with an azimuth of 45 degrees. Strangely this row is aligned diagonally across the slope of the hill. It does ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cantrell Double Stone Row @ SX 6570 5717 has a cairn at the upper end which is on the skyline when viewed from the lower end of the row. The ruined cairn is 8m diameter & has a single slab at the centre in a hollow. Perhaps the remains of a burial kist.

The row is 48m long with an azimuth of 45 degrees. Strangely this row is aligned diagonally across the slope of the hill. It does not follow the natural contour of the downhill slope. The horizon height of the cairn from the bottom of the row is 3 degrees giving a declination for the cairn of 29 - The most northerly moorise position of the 18.6 year cycle. It is not alone on Dartmoor for this.

Update August 2019: This stone row is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Cantrell Stone Row. PDW tells us: "lies near the moor gate at Cantrell, Ugborough Moor. The southern row consists of nine stones, one of which is almost buried and one has fallen. The length of the row from the centre of the cairn is 153 feet and the alignment is N44o 20' E. The rows are from 7 to 12 feet apart and the stones are about 5 feet 6 inches apart, centre to centre".

The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441214, and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1017604 (Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon).

The Devon and Dartmoor HER also has a record for this row - see MDV2889 (Stone row 400 meters south-east of Western Beacon).

The Stone Rows of Great Britain website also records this row - see their entry for the Cantrell Stone Row, which includes a description, photographs and a plan of the row and its associated cairn.
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Cantrell submitted by SandyG : The cairn at the upper (north eastern) end of the row. View from south (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cantrell submitted by SandyG : Looking south west along the row. A stone forming part of the northern row is visible on the right (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cantrell submitted by SandyG : Three stones towards the southern end of the row. View from south (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cantrell submitted by SandyG : Looking north east along the row (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cantrell submitted by SandyG : The southern part of the row. View from the south (Scale 1m).

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Cantrell submitted by bec-zog : Bittaford Stone Row. Bittaford, South Dartmoor, Devon SX 657.572. Near Western Beacon. Several Cairns are located nearby at the top of the hill.

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Cantrell submitted by bec-zog : Bittaford Stone Row. Bittaford, South Dartmoor, Devon SX 657.572. (Near Western Beacon). Several Cairns located nearby at top of the hill.

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Cantrell submitted by bec-zog : Bittaford Stone Row (South Devon) @ SX 657,572

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Cantrell submitted by Brian Byng : Cantrell stone rows

Cantrell
Cantrell submitted by Brian Byng : Cantrell stone rows looking southwest

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 2.7km NNW 346° Harford S.* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX651598)
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 2.8km NNW 348° Butterbrook* Stone Row / Alignment (SX652599)
 2.8km NNW 333° Harford Moor Encircled Cairn* Stone Circle (SX6449459677)
 2.8km NNW 346° Harford Moor N* Stone Row / Alignment (SX651599)
 2.8km N 3° Spurrell's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX65915997)
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 3.1km N 356° Butterdon Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6553960225)
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