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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Down Tor stone row Alternative Name: Hingston HillCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX59026939 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.507286N Longitude: 3.989525W
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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Catrinm visited on 30th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 300317
angieweekender visited on 13th Feb 2015 Fantastic site and great walk
SandyG visited on 16th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SX 56873 69307. From here walk along the track towards Middleworth. At SX 57478 69041 head up the hill towards Down Tor. Before reaching the top turn and walk east to the row. Well worth the effort.
jeffrep visited on 22nd May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
graemefield visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
TheCaptain AngieLake TimPrevett cazzyjane heidavey have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.75 Access: 2.5
This spectacular row was re-erected in 1894 and must look much as it did when first erected. The 39' diameter cairn at the western end of the row has 27 irregularly spaced stones, the two tallest being 3'6" high. There are 2 flat slabs in the central hollow of the cairn which may be the remains of a kistvaen.
The huge pillar next to the cairn weighs about 3 tons. The whole site seems to have been chosen to enhance the impact of its appearance with the ground rising gradually towards both ends of the row from the lowest point at its centre.
Update November 2019: This stone row is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW)website, - see their entries for the Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Stone Row, the Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Standing Stone, the Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Stone Row, and the Down Tor Stone Row and Cairn Circle.
The site is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438583, as MDV3502 (Down Tor Stone Row, Walkhampton) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1009090 (Stone alignment and cairn 830m east of Down Tor).
The row is also recorded on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Hingston Hill, which includes a description, photographs (including one of the kerbed cairn at the upper end of the alignment, and another of the eastern cairn). The SRoGB also includes evidence and illustrations of how viewpoints appear and disappear as you walk along this 351m long row with its 157 stones.
The SRoGB also includes a separate entry for Sea Views at Hingston Hill, which discusses and illustrates the different views which are visible as you progress along the row.
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123m NE 47° Narrator Brookhead Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5911369471)
183m ENE 71° Narrator Brookhead Cairn* Cairn (SX5919569446)
360m WSW 249° Down Tor circle* Stone Circle (SX58686927)
387m WSW 257° Down Tor cairn* Cairn (SX58646931)
644m WNW 284° Down Tor North East (Eastern)* Cairn (SX5839769562)
655m WNW 284° Down Tor North East (Northern)* Cairn (SX5838869568)
656m WNW 284° Down Tor North East (Western)* Cairn (SX5838669565)
731m SW 236° Down Tor Circular Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5840069000)
872m SW 218° Cuckoo Rock (Dartmoor)* Rock Art (SX5846668715)
982m W 263° Down Tor Cist* Cist (SX58046929)
1.2km NW 326° Crazy Well Cross* Ancient Cross (SX58387039)
1.2km SE 129° Eylesbarrow* Barrow Cemetery (SX59976858)
1.5km SW 221° Outholme Newtake* Cist (SX57996827)
1.5km ENE 67° Siward's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX60456995)
1.6km S 190° Leeden (Sheepstor)* Cairn (SX5869267838)
1.9km S 172° Drizzlecombe cist 21* Cist (SX5922867476)
2.0km ENE 57° Whiteworks Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX60767047)
2.0km SSE 169° Standing Stone Near Cairn at Head of Drizzlecombe Row 4* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX5937067374)
2.1km SSE 169° Cairn At Head of Drizzlecombe Row 4* Cairn (SX5937467361)
2.1km SSE 169° Drizzlecombe W row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5937067360)
2.1km SW 216° Yellowmead ring cairn* Ring Cairn (SX57776774)
2.1km NNW 327° Raddick Hill Cist* Cist (SX57937116)
2.1km SSE 167° Drizzlecombe Cairn 23* Cairn (SX5942367331)
2.1km SW 223° Yellowmead cairn* Cairn (SX5753167863)
2.2km S 171° Drizzlecombe Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX59306723)
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