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Oxenham Cross
Trip No.132 Entry No.4 Date Added: 6th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Oxenham Cross submitted by Anne T on 6th Jun 2019. Approaching the cross along the minor road to its east, showing the cross high up (the cross base sits 1.8m above the road, on the boundary wall of the field), showing its location at the cross roads of these minor roads.
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Log Text: Oxenham Wayside Cross: This wayside cross was placed high above a cross roads of two narrow, busy minor roads, where it was difficult to stop. I took photos while Andrew moved the car out of the way. I tried to get a photograph from inside the field, but the gate had been nailed shut with wire underneath, so I did the best I could in between tractors, cars and large farm trucks whizzing past.
St Andrew's Cross (South Tawton)
Trip No.132 Entry No.5 Date Added: 7th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
St Andrew's Cross (South Tawton) submitted by Anne T on 6th Jun 2019. The alleged cross shaft, as seen just from its eastern side. Located just inside the gate at the northern side of the churchyard.
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Log Text: Alleged wayside cross shaft, St Andrew's Church, South Tawton: This ‘cross shaft’ (gate post?) can be found at the gate at the end of the path running north from the west end of the church. Whilst it has more recently been identified as a gatepost, it look remarkably like a couple of other cross shafts we’ve seen in the area.
Of more interest was the granite grave cover, located right in the middle of the lych gate. According to the church guide, this is dated to the medieval period and was set in the north jamb of the north doorway in 1903.
Moon's Cross
Trip No.132 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Moon's Cross submitted by Anne T on 7th Jun 2019. First view of Moon's Cross as we approached, driving south along Fore Street from South Tawton.
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Log Text: Moon's Cross, between South Tawton & South Zeal: From St Andrew’s Church in South Tawton, we headed south along Fore Street towards South Zeal. At a cross roads just outside South Tawton, there is the remains of a cross shaft in a socket stone. As the road is quite wide here, it was easy to park just south of the cross shaft, near the barn of the nearby farm.
Lying by the side of the cross shaft and its socket stone is a large stone by the side of the cross; at first glance it looked just like a boulder, but closer inspection indicated it might have been shaped. Is this just another gate post, or could it be a cross shaft fragment?
Sticklepath Methodist Chapel Cross
Trip No.132 Entry No.9 Date Added: 8th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Sticklepath Methodist Chapel Cross submitted by Anne T on 8th Jun 2019. This cross-in-miniature is high up above the road, acting as a finial on the northern side of the Methodist Chapel. Pastscape says it was reused here in approximately 1816 (when the chapel was built). Photo taken from the south eastern side of the chapel 'garden', which is the only place we could get a decent view of the cross.
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Log Text: Sticklepath Methodist Chapel Cross: A very small cross with socket stone being used as a coping stone on the apex of the roof of the Methodist Chapel.
To see the cross better, we let ourselves into the small ‘garden’ of the chapel (being used as a dump for building materials and rubble), and took a bit of a blurred photo. It does seem like a wayside cross in complete miniature, but instinct tells me it’s just a fancy roof finial which has been reused from another site/location.
Worth stopping off to see, especially with the Lady Well and the Sticklepath pre-Conquest boundary stone just west of the chapel.
Lady Well (Sticklepath)
Trip No.132 Entry No.10 Date Added: 8th Jun 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Lady Well (Sticklepath) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 29th Aug 2006. The Lady Well invites visitors to 'Drink and be thankful.'
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Log Text: Lady Well, Sticklepath: This well is right beside the road. The grid reference given by Pastscape must be the original site of the well, as it actually is at SX 63904 94124.
The ambience of the well was dreadful at the time of our visit, as it sat immediately next to a set of roadworks, and also in deep shade at the time of our visit. Pleased to have seen it, and ticked it off our list, but that’s about all.
The boundary marker is nearby, just up hill, literally on the other side of the road junction.
Holy Well (Belstone)
Trip No.132 Entry No.14 Date Added: 9th Jun 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Holy Well (Belstone) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 29th Aug 2006. This is a curative spring located near St Mary’s Church. The spring is protected by several large granite rocks.
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Log Text: Belstone Spring Head: From the village green, we decided to walk to the well, following the lane past the church and turning right (ESE) onto the common ground/moorland.
Located almost immediately opposite a large pub, and just down slope, this was a lovely location which attracted families and dog walkers.
No water flowing at the time of our visit (the well chamber/basin was just muddy with nettles and ferns growing in it) but there were pools of water bubbling from the ground around it. Some of the ground was fairly boggy, but I managed to get close enough to look in the well chamber.
West Wyke Farm Cross
Trip No.132 Entry No.15 Date Added: 9th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
West Wyke Farm Cross submitted by Anne T on 9th Jun 2019. This cross sits just to the west of the entrance to farm buildings on the northern side of the track. It stands about 18 inches / 45 cms high.
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Log Text: West Wyke Farm Cross: This cross is not recorded on Pastscape or Historic England, so we didn't expect to see it here. It looks relatively modern, like a small rounded-headed grave marker such as we saw in St Mary's in Belstone. It sits quietly by the entrance to the farm buildings, north of the track and West Wyke farmhouse.
Note: the track up to the farm and houses here is marked private road. We parked at the viewpoint at SX 65298 93020 and walked up the lane.
High Moorland Visitor Centre
Trip No.135 Entry No.17 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
High Moorland Visitor Centre submitted by AngieLake on 5th Feb 2011. A modern replica of a pot from the recent Bellever hut circle excavations. Made by a local lady potter and displayed in the 'Going for Bronze' exhibition in summer 2010.
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Log Text: Thornworthy Cist and Ter Hill Cross, Princetown National Park Visitor Centre: We had about 15 minutes before the centre closed on the Thursday, so we flew in with Dave Parks for me to see and photograph the Thornworthy Cist and the Ter Hill Cross. There was scaffolding around the back of the building, so I used this to step onto the weedy garden to photograph the cist slab from the top.
By the time I'd taken some photographs, I was being ushered out of the garden as they wanted to close the centre for the night, but I was bid 'you are more than welcome to come back tomorrow if you can".
High Moorland Visitor Centre
Trip No.136 Entry No.1 Date Added: 12th Jun 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
High Moorland Visitor Centre submitted by AngieLake on 5th Feb 2011. A modern replica of a pot from the recent Bellever hut circle excavations. Made by a local lady potter and displayed in the 'Going for Bronze' exhibition in summer 2010.
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Log Text: Princetown Visitor Centre, second visit: We had arranged to meet one of Sandy G's intrepid Dartmoor Explorers here at around 10.30am, to have a final look around before starting our journey back home. .
I confess to being really disappointed with this Centre as there was only the cast of a standing/inscribed stone and a prehistoric trackway. There were lots of information banners and photographs. The main entrance was really a shop front for cards, maps, books and guide books. I photographed the stone then we left to start the journey home.
The centre was advertising an exhibition due to arrive shortly.
St Leonard's Well (Sheepstor)
Trip No.134 Entry No.16 Date Added: 22nd Jun 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
St Leonard's Well (Sheepstor) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 21st Nov 2004. St Leonard's Well is enhanced by a recycled church window.
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Log Text: St Leonard's Holy Well, Sheepstor: I spotted this well as we were driving down to the car park near Whittenknowles and we stopped to photograph it on the way back.
The sunshine was really, really bright coming over the wall, so the few photos I took worked out best looking at the well from an angle. The well was completely dry, with the well structure full of ferns and weeds.
Our last stop of the day before going for an ice cold drink at Princetown.
Roman Cross (Sheepstor)
Trip No.134 Entry No.15 Date Added: 22nd Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Roman Cross (Sheepstor) submitted by Anne T on 22nd Jun 2019. The Roman/Rumon Cross in Sheepstor, showing its location just outside St Leonard's Church.
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Log Text: Roman Cross, Sheepstor: After having been to Whittenknowles, Drizzlecomb & Yellowmead, we drove back through Sheepstor and I asked to be able to stop and photograph this cross, which I'd seen on the way, just outside St. Leonard’s Church in Sheepstor village.
The cross has been restored, and almost looks modern, but reading its relatively complicated history, it is fortunate to have survived (see the references in the main site page text).
The cross is in a lovely location, and I would have loved to have had time to pop into the church, but my aching feet and the need for a meal and a drink dictated otherwise!
Merrivale North Row
Trip No.133 Entry No.2 Date Added: 3rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Merrivale North Row submitted by stewart on 12th Oct 2003. 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 same alignment, is not parallel to the northern one and was, probably, not built at the same time.
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Log Text: 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!
Merrivale Centre N
Trip No.133 Entry No.3 Date Added: 4th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Merrivale Centre N submitted by bec-zog on 19th Nov 2003. Cyst (3) @ the Merrivale complex
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Log Text: Merrivale Centre Cairn with Cist: Half way down Merrivale North (Row A or Row 1), we hopped across to row 2 to take a look at the cairn in the middle of the row. Fascinating. Worried about the complexity of recording all these sites in my photo/walk journal, Angie Lake told me about the Butler "Atlas of Antiquities" series of 5 books, which has hugely increased my understanding of these sites. Thanks, Angie!
Merrivale Centre Row
Trip No.133 Entry No.4 Date Added: 5th Jul 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Merrivale Centre Row submitted by rldixon on 30th Jun 2008. centre ro taken in infra red may 2008
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Log Text: Merrivale 2/Merrivale Centre Row: As we progressed further south over the moorland, and not far from Merrivale 1 (the northern-most row) at that, the stone rows kept getting better and better.
The row features a triangular blocking stone at the eastern end and twin blocking stones at the western end. It runs for 262.5m from SX 5530 7475 to SX 5556 7478 - see Pastscape 44056. The stones seem to vary in size quite a lot, and generally larger than those of the northern row/row 1/row A.
Merrivale Cists
Trip No.133 Entry No.5 Date Added: 6th Jul 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Merrivale Cists submitted by ernar on 13th Oct 2004. Burial Cist with a fragmented capstone. The main Merrivale Stone row can be seen behind it.
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Log Text: Merrivale Cist: I've seen quite a few cists, largely in Northumberland, and none this large. Impressive. I tried to persuade Janet to get into the cist to model it, but she politely declined (it would have made a nice refuge for the wind).
At this point, Angie got her dowsing rods out and was meandering around the cist and the stones. Very interesting to watch.
Merrivale SW row 3
Trip No.133 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Merrivale SW row 3 submitted by AngieLake on 29th Oct 2004. In the foreground, Merrivale Single Row 3 (see thecaptain's overview plan) at sunset on 21st September, the day before the Autumn Equinox, 2004. In the distance, in the glare of the setting sun, can be seen the two west end stones of the southern row. Two other taller stones on the south side of that southern row are also visible above centre, and to right of pic. ('Thecaptain' has a theory that these, and other taller stones in the rows, align with the menhir at certain times of the year.) T...
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Log Text: Merrivale Row 3/C: Without Sandy G being there to tell us, I would have struggled to identify this as a stone row in its own right, but with Sandy pointing out where it joining up at an angle with Merrivale 2/B and with the cairn at its head, it became more obvious. The cairn is recorded as a separate site page here, so I'm adding the same visit report number, as I've recorded them both together, as the Pastscape record (440357).
Merrivale row 4
Trip No.133 Entry No.8 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Merrivale row 4 submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Row 4 azimuth 6 length 7m GR 5535 7458 Burl calls this E
A short row of 4 small stones next to the single standing stone.
It shows up rather well in this winter photo taken a few days ago.
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Log Text: Merrivale 4 stone row: Without Sandy G and Dave P’s guidance on this, I would probably have looked at these stones and not thought much about them, but in association with the other two short rows (5 and 6), the tall, impressive menhirs and the fallen stone and cairn nearby, it was a jumble to unpick, so I was very grateful for the explanations!
Merrivale 5
Trip No.133 Entry No.9 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Merrivale 5 submitted by SandyG on 4th Mar 2017. View looking along the row from the western end. Hollow Tor on the horizon sits above the tall stone at the end of the row. 6 July 2016.
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Log Text: Merrivale 5 stone row: I was getting really 'dazed and confused' about the different stone rows here and what I was photographing, so I asked Sandy, Dave and Andrew to each place a foot on or near each stone of this row!
Merrivale Menhir
Trip No.133 Entry No.11 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Merrivale Menhir submitted by AngieLake on 10th Apr 2015. This shot shows the "smaller pillar" that Butler describes, in relation to the menhir and the cairn 6 pit. He says: "The menhir, 3.1 m high, still stands in its original position, 42 m almost due south from the centre of the stone circle. There is no evidence that the smaller pillar, 2 m long, lying a few meters away ever stood upright, but it was erected in 1895 in the pit alongside, toppling again a few years later. Between these two stones cairn C6 (3.0 x 0.3 m) has a central pit. Three st...
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Log Text: Merrivale Menhir: This tall stone made up for the small size of the stones of the stone circle, and I enjoyed visiting here. My goodness, with the three stone rows, the fallen menhirs, the cairn and the pits, it was certainly interesting here. I'd taken my notes for this site with me, but the wind was so strong I was unable to get them out and read them! Now having the Butler series of "Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities" has made it much easier to understand the layout and complexities of the site, as far as I'm able.
Merrivale 6
Trip No.133 Entry No.10 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Merrivale 6 submitted by Anne T on 8th Jul 2019. Comparing my photographs to those on Sandy G's Stone Rows of Great Britain website, the only stone visible of Merrivale Row 6 is in the foreground of this photo. Standing just to its west, looking east.
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Log Text: Merrivale 6 stone row: Only one stone was visible of this row, and thankfully we had Sandy G to point out the location of the row and the only stone of this very short row visible - the western most stone. So many features around the Merrivale Menhir. I'm really glad we had our guide for the day, and also, at home, the Butler "Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities" (volume 3) to help interpret all the different stones, cairns and pits.