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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Longstone Barrow RowCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Lynmouth Nearest Village: Challacombe
Map Ref: SS70774252 Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 51.167282N Longitude: 3.849729W
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 29th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Car parking is available at SS 72444 40419. From here take the footpath north to SS 72311 42209. Turn left and follow the path to Woodbarrow Gate at SS 71648 42509. Enter Woodbarrow Hangings and follow the northern side of the wall past some very fine cairns to a gateway SS 70833 42583. From here head south west. Perhaps you will have more luck than I did. The stones were seen in 2018 and I have seen photographs of them. I am going to try and have another look when I am next on Exmoor.
TheCaptain have visited here
I spent much time searching around amongst the tall wet grasses and heather, but I couldn’t find a single stone.
Update November 2019: This row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Longstone Barrow, which tells us that of the original three stones in this 9m long row, only two now survive. SRoGB notes: "These stones were not found during a visit in May 2018. However Jack Fuller of Exmoor National Park Authority did successfully find them at around the same time. A second attempt to find this row will be made".
The SRoGB entry includes a photograph of the approximate location of the row plus access information. The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 35465 and as MDE1317 (Prehistoric stone setting southwest of Longstone Barrow) on the Exmoor National Park HER. Whilst the location of the standing stones is shown on the Historic England map search, there is no listing or scheduling information.
The SRoGB notes there is a significant visual link from the row to Hartland Point.
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