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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Merrivale North Row Alternative Name: Merrivale 1; Worth Merrivale A; Butler Merrivale 1, Merrivale Stone Rows
Country: England County: Devon Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Tavistock  Nearest Village: Princetown
Map Ref: SX55457479  Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.554946N  Longitude: 4.041932W
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
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.
4 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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lucasn visited on 27th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Anne T visited on 14th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Merrivale North Row (Merrivale 1): Between the prehistoric settlement and the first of our stone rows for the day, Sandy G had stopped to point out some of the stones of the Great Western Reave. Continuing on, these stones could be seen from down slope at the Prehistoric Settlement, and proved a tantalising glimpse of what was in store for the rest of the morning. Sandy was amazing at explaining all the different features along the row, including part of which had recently been restored. But my goodness, the wind was blowing, and blowing hard. At some points, it was a little tricky to stand upright – thank heavens for my walking poles!

Richard13 visited on 1st Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 28th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 If this was the only stone row row in the area, I would be most impressed by it. However, its southern neighbour is longer, has higher stones and a bonus central cairn.

SandyG visited on 6th Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the well preserved Bronze Age settlement a short distance to the north of the row.

woodini254 visited on 15th Mar 1994 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

cazzyjane visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

h_fenton rldixon AngieLake TheCaptain Bolstered have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.86 Ambience: 4.57 Access: 3.71

Merrivale North Row
Merrivale North Row submitted by stewart : Grid Ref SX 555 747 There are two, main, rows at Merrivale - North and South. The north row consists of two lines of stones, aligned east -west and nearly 200m long. However, the two lines of stones are only about 1m apart so you can only just walk between them. It has larger stones at the west end and a blocking stone at the east. The southern row doesn't start or finish on the s... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Double Stone Row making up part of the Merrivale complex on western Dartmoor in Devon

There are two, main, rows at Merrivale - North and South. The north row consists of two lines of stones, aligned east -west and nearly 200m long. However, the two lines of stones are only about 1m apart so you can only just walk between them. It has larger stones at the west end and a blocking stone at the east, where there is also the remains of a carin with its surrounding stone circle.

There are a number of sources of information for this row. See:
Pastscape Monument No. 440056 (see the paragraphs relating to Row A, north row);
The Devon and Dartmoor HER: MDV14797 (Merrivale Stone Row A, Dartmoor Forest);
Historic England's scheduling information for List ID 1013429 (Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common);
Stone Rows of Great Britain: Merrivale 1, which includes a description, a plan of the monuments at Merrivale showing their relationship to each other, photographs, access information and a list of online resources for more information;
Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor: Merrivale A; and
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) - see both Merrivale A Stone Row and Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1].
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Merrivale North Row submitted by cazzyjane : The Blocking stone of the North Row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by cazzyjane : Merrivale North Row. Soaking up the September sun. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by h_fenton : An almost vertical Kite Aerial Photograph of the east end of Merrivale North Stone Row, showing the cairn and the proximity of the leat. 27 September 2009 @ 6pm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Anne T : Taken on the way back from the Merrivale Stone Circle, about half way along Merrivale 1 stone row, looking west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Anne T : Taken on the way back from the Merrivale Stone circle, about half way along row 1/A/north row, looking east.

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Merrivale North Row submitted by rldixon : taken in infra red may 2008

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Merrivale North Row submitted by TheCaptain : The August bank holiday setting sun, behind the large stones at the eastern end of the northern avenue.

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Merrivale North Row submitted by TheCaptain : Moonrise over the eastern end stones of Merrivale northern row, August 26 2007. (2 comments)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by thecaptain : View looking east along the Merrivale northern rows, taken from about where the stones run out. It is not thought that this is the original end of the row.

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Merrivale North Row submitted by bec-zog : Merrivale : complex of associated circles, rows standing stones and cysts. Grid Square SX 5574.

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Merrivale North Row submitted by steveco : Merrivale Stone Row (1 comment)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by ocdnimrod1614 : So much history all over Dartmoor a fascinating place to visit.

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Antonine

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, Eastern End (1 comment)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, Looking East (1 comment)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, The Western End

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, Looking East

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, Looking towards the circle at the Eastern end

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, Looking West

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Bladup : Merrivale North Row, East End (1 comment)

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Merrivale North Row submitted by Anne T : A slightly wider shot of Merrivale One/A/North from just across the leat to its south, trying to capture the whole of its 182m length.

Merrivale North Row
Merrivale North Row submitted by Anne T : The eastern end of the Merrivale 1 (north) stone row as seen just from its south, just across the leat, near row 2

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 28m SW 223° Merrivale Centre N* Cairn (SX55437477)
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 54m WSW 247° Merrivale Centre S* Cairn (SX55407477)
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 92m ENE 76° Merrivale NE circle* Stone Circle (SX55547481)
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 134m WNW 291° Merrivale N circle* Stone Circle (SX5532674841)
 155m WSW 253° Merrivale NW* Stone Circle (SX55307475)
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 188m SSW 210° Merrivale circle* Stone Circle (SX55357463)
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