<< Our Photo Pages >> Joan Ford Newtake row - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Joan Ford Newtake rowCountry: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Princetown
Map Ref: SX6318071989 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.531633N Longitude: 3.931848W
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 4th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Parking is available SX 65092 72766. From here head across the cattle grid and down the road. At SX 64744 72838 turn left and follow the track to SX 63288 71902. Follow the footpath into Joan Ford’s Newtake towards the stones.
TheCaptain visited on 11th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2 Three slabs stand in a row on the slopes to the northwest of the Swincombe waterworks lake. This is an uncertain site, and it is not like any other prehistoric stone row on Dartmoor. I wondered whether it was part of some ancient settlement or industrial works, of which there are many in this area.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 2.5
This is an uncertain site according to Burl, and it is not like any other prehistoric stone row on Dartmoor. I wondered whether it was part of some ancient settlement or industrial works, of which there are many in this area.
Update September 2019: Whilst the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor comments that this alignment is "possible a modern modification of a prehistoric wall system", the row is classed as probable stone row by the Stone Rows of Great Britain: see their recently updated entry for Joan Ford’s Newtake, which includes a description, photographs, two plans of the row (one showing how the row may have originally been much longer), plus access information and links to other online resources for more information.
The Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry also includes a section on 'Landscape Comments' which discusses and illustrates the limited views from this row, apart from facing north east, where a number of features (both archaeological and landscape) become visible.
This row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443435, and has an entry on the Devon and Dartmoor HER; see MDV6375 (Alignment).
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