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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shovel Down row 5 - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 October 2004  Page Views: 5703

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shovel Down row 5 Alternative Name: Shoveldown E
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Chagford  Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX66028581  Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.656514N  Longitude: 3.896788W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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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Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Shovel Down Row 5: Having been a little mystified by trying to find Rows 3 and 1, and having to rely on Sandy G to point out a few of the ground-level small stones, to find this stone row, running towards the Longstone, was really good. Glorious views over to Kes Tor, although it was still a little misty to get great photos.

graemefield visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3

SandyG visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.33

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by thecaptain : Shovel Down Row 5. Although most of the stones in this avenue are either small or have been removed, traces of the row can be seen right to the Longstone. View looking southwest at the lower end of the row, with Fernworthy forest in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Double Stone Row between SX66008585 and SX66038568 making up part of the Shovel Down complex of sites on eastern Dartmoor

Shovel Down double stone row 5 runs southwards from the top of the hill above where row 4 finishes, towards The Longstone, about 150 metres away.

Apart from a couple of nice pairs of stones at the upper end, most of the stones in this avenue are either small and mostly buried in the turf, or have been removed, although traces of the row can be seen almost right to the Longstone. There are no traces of a cairn at its upper, northern, end where one would be expected.

Update November 2019: This row is recorded as row E in Pastscape's entry for Monument No. 443524, as MDV6179 (Alignment E on Shovel Down) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1017874 (The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge).

It also features on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks - see their entries for Shoveldown E-F (rows 5 and 6) and the Shovel Down Complex.

For a description, plan of the monuments in this area showing their relationship to each other, plus photographs, access information and a list of online resource for more information, also see The Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Shoveldown 5.
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Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Bladup : Shovel Down row 5 and the longstone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Bladup : Shovel Down row 5, The top of the longstone is visiable on the near horizon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Bladup : Shovel Down row 5 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Anne T : Getting a little closer to the Longstone. Some more of the low-lying stones of row 5, but still showing the double line of the row. Photograph taken 16th May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Anne T : Many of this double line of stones are low to the ground and can be difficult to spot. I walked up the line of the stones seeing how many I could see – not too m any! The closer we got to the Longstone, the smaller the stones appeared to be. Photograph taken 16th May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Anne T : Looking SE across the northern-most stones of row 5. Photograph taken 16th May 2019.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Anne T : Looking south along the line of row 5. These stones are at its northern-most end, looking towards the Longstone. Photograph taken 16th May 2019.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by davep : Shoveldown E-F Stone Row. Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, site 137. The southernmost end of row 5 with the Longstone in sight.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by Postman : The Longstone is just over the brow of the hill.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by SandyG : Double row approaching the Longstone. View from the north (28th April 2013).

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by SandyG : Much of this double row consists of small stones that are now hidden beneath dense moorland grass. View from north (28th April 2013).

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by AngieLake : A little stone in Row 5 (in Worth's plan, un-named row, starting below 'G' on plan, and west of row H-K.) Looking south here towards the Longstone, and with Thornworthy Tor (near horizon, far left) and the walls of Thornworthy Corner in the distance to left of centre. (1 comment)

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by thecaptain : Shovel Down Row 5. Most of the stones in this avenue are either small and mostly buried in the turf, or have been removed, although traces of the row can be seen almost right to the Longstone. View looking south with Fernworthy forest in the distance.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by thecaptain : Shovel Down Row 5. Apart from a couple of nice pairs of stones at the upper end, most of the stones in this avenue are either small and mostly buried in the turf, or have been removed View looking south with Fernworthy forest in the distance.

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by thecaptain : Shovel Down Row 5. There are a couple of nice pairs of stones at the upper end, although there are no traces of a cairn where one would be expected. View looking north. Cosdon Beacon peaking over the skyline on the horizon

Shovel Down row 5
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by bec-zog : Shovel Down ; one of the many stone row alignments

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 82m NNW 345° Shovel Down Cairn Row 4* Cairn (SX66008589)
 130m S 174° The Longstone (Shovel Down)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX66038568)
 146m NNW 343° Shovel Down row 4* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65988595)
 193m NNW 337° Shovel Down* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65958599)
 211m S 184° Shovel Down row 6* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX660856)
 231m NNW 341° Shovel Down Fourfold Circle* Stone Circle (SX65958603)
 237m WNW 291° Shovel Down Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX658859)
 330m S 177° Three Boys* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX66038548)
 361m SSE 164° Thornworthy Corner North Cist (SX66118546)
 373m NNW 338° Shovel Down row 3* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65898616)
 390m N 356° Shovel Down row 1* Stone Row / Alignment (SX660862)
 396m NNW 348° Shovel Down row 2* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65958620)
 410m S 181° Shovel Down row 7* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX660854)
 438m NNW 331° Shovel Down stone circle* Stone Circle (SX65828620)
 692m NE 46° Kes Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX6653286277)
 707m NE 47° Kes Tor Rock Basin* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX66558628)
 727m NE 43° Kestor Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66538633)
 759m WSW 255° Stonetor Brookhead East Cist (SX65288563)
 840m WSW 245° Stonetor Hill Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6525085470)
 947m WSW 239° Stonetor Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle Ring Cairn (SX65198535)
 1.0km SE 138° Thornworthy Down Stone Row / Alignment (SX66688505)
 1.0km NE 44° Modern Stone Circle near Kestor Rock* Modern Stone Circle etc (SX66748652)
 1.1km NNE 18° The Round Pound* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66398685)
 1.4km NNW 336° The Tolmen Stone (Dartmoor)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX65508708)
 1.5km NNW 337° Scorhill Cairn and Rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65488721)
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