Down Tor (Hingstone Hill) stone row, SX 5902 6939 to SX 5868 6927
Visited Sunday, 26th September 2010.
Access 3, Ambience 5, Condition 5
What can I say about this fabulous place? The whole thing is wonderful. Even the sun came out for me after a while, and stayed out for the rest of the evening, with a wonderful silvery light shining straight along the row at 5:00pm.
The row seems to have two cross set blocker stones at the eastern end, the large end stone being about 1.6 metres tall. The stones from here head west for 350 metres across the moor, and most of the stones are about knee height for much of its length.
At the western end, the stones progressively get larger, with the last few stones getting quite large and ending with a 2.8 metre stone which looks to have been shaped, and is standing just outside the adjoining cairn circle.
The western end of the row is terminated at a cairn circle about 12 metres in diameter, the 27 standing stones being well clear of the remaining cairn in the centre, which has a robbed out centre, which has some slab remains indicating a cist at one time.
It is absolutely lovely here, but a pity the cold and clouds came back just as I was trying to take photos and have dinner. However, the clouds then left, and a clear blue sky attended me for the rest of the day. I was able to get some wonderful photos from a bit further up the hill.
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