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Merrivale Second Menhir and Cairn
Trip No.133 Entry No.12 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 Second Menhir and Cairn submitted by Anne T on 9th Jul 2019. To show the relationship of these monuments with the tall Merrivale Menhir, the recumbent granite pillar is in the foreground, with its pit immediately behind it; the cairn is visible as a low mound behind it (just right of centre) The tall menhir is in the background. The cairn is 5.5m from the menhirs and the granite slab 2m from the cairn. Row 4 runs from the centre to the middle left of the photo; the western stone of row 6 is to the left hand side of the menhir.
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Log Text: Merrivale Second Menhir, pit and cairn: All these monuments were so close together, it was a bit mind-boggling. I made sure I wrote down the monuments and the photo numbers so I didn't mix them up when I processed the photos later (the wind was still gusting strongly so we didn't get my folder with pre-printed notes out in case they blew away).
As a group, we were fascinating with all the pits around here and spent some time exploring them and taking grid references. Dave P later contacted me to tell me these had been documented by Butler in his Volume 3 of "Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities".
Drizzlecombe Brook
Trip No.134 Entry No.3 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Drizzlecombe Brook submitted by Anne T on 11th Jul 2019. This is the 'standing stone' at SX 5870966946, in between Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement and Drizzlecombe Brook with its old tin workings.
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Brook 'Standing Stone': This stone was between the settlement an the tin works that Sandy showed us and I was hopeful of having spotted another monument on the moors not on today's list of sites to visit.
Not having a grid reference from the camera, we’ve tracked it down to one of six stones (one of which I photographed later, but which turns out to be the abandoned gate post!). Looking at the photograph and how near we are to the tin-works at the stream, this stone is at SX 58709 66946.
Judging by the photograph with the group, I estimate it to be just taller than Janet – 1.7m or just over.
Drizzlecombe Cist 6
Trip No.134 Entry No.6 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe Cist 6 submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe Cist 6 has a capstone 1.8 m by 1.2 m sitting on top of a broken box, which is now three side set slabs, probably two side slabs and a single end stone.
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Log Text: Giant's Basin Cist (Drizzlecombe Cist 6): This cist was pointed out to me by Dave Parks and Sandy G, but I only seem to have one photograph of it, although I remember standing over it and taking photos from different angles. Perhaps I've got muddled up with all the other wonderful stone settings and cairns in the area. A brilliant area to visit. So much to see, all in very close proximity.
Drizzlecombe cairn 2
Trip No.134 Entry No.8 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe cairn 2 submitted by simcon on 27th Aug 2003. SX593671 Drizzle Combe Cairn East, Dartmoor Devon. This cairn is at the top end of the rightmost row at this site. The view in this picture is looking back down the row in a south westerly direction. Left of centre is a huge cairn called Giant's Basin Cairn (so it says on the OS map).
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Cairn 2: After a most satisfactory and pleasant morning, we sat at the edges of the cairns heading up rows 2 and 3 and had a quick lunch break. It really is an amazing spot, and so pleased to have visited, although correctly cataloguing my photos to the right site proved a little challenging at the end of the day.
Drizzlecombe cairn 4
Trip No.134 Entry No.11 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe cairn 4 submitted by Bladup on 12th May 2017. Drizzlecombe cairn 4 in alignment with the tallest standing stone and the Giant's Basin cairn.
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Cairn 4: I took photographs of all three cairns in a row, then one at a time. My notes indicate this is Drizzlecombe Cairn 4. This is the most northerly of the three cairns at the head of rows 2 and 3, but this cairn does not have a row descending from it.
Drizzlecombe cairn 13
Trip No.134 Entry No.12 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe cairn 13 submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. View looking east of the large cist at Drizzlecombe which Burl claims has a row running in an Easterly direction in line with the tilted slab. I looked very carefully & found no sign of such a row. None of my references mention such a row & I have asked around those who should know - again without success. I think this is another of Burls iffy sites.
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Cairn 13: Leaving the stone rows behind, we walked up slope and to the WNW. This is a beautiful example of a cairn with central cist. What is very noticeable about this cist is that the stones making up two of the sides projects outside the other two ends. Looking at the Butler diagram for these sites (Volume 3, page 135), cairn 13 is indeed in ine with cairns 2, 3 and 4, but about 150m further from the stone rows.
Drizzlecombe Cairn 18
Trip No.134 Entry No.14 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe Cairn 18 submitted by davep on 16th Jul 2019. Photograph from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, site 1520, Drizzlecome 18 Cairn. Photograph taken 15.05.2019
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Cairn 18: An enormous cairn, which rivals the Giant's Basin in size, so why there is so little information about it, I'm not sure. I managed to clamber up to the top of the cairn and have a look inside, where there is a hollow where it has been excavated. Built almost on top of one of the settlements at the south-eastern side of Drizzlecombe, it looks over the River Plym to the south.
Drizzlecombe cist 22
Trip No.134 Entry No.17 Date Added: 17th Jul 2019
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe cist 22 submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Jul 2007. To the south of the main Drizzlecombe sites can be found this cairn with cist.
The possible capstone is displaced to the west.
Viewed here looking southeast towards Shavercombe.
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Log Text: Drizzlecombe Cist 22: This was an ‘added on extra’ as it was only an additional 100m, and if we took a short detour to cross the leat, was on our way anyway. Located in the valley, north of the river, this would have been a pleasant, peaceful spot, within sight of the stone rows.
Yellowmead row
Trip No.134 Entry No.19 Date Added: 19th Jul 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Yellowmead row submitted by Bladup on 12th May 2017. Yellowmead. This row leaves the circles at the south west.
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Log Text: Yellomead Stone Row: Without Sandy G and Dave P I would not have known this stone row was here at all. Dave and Gordon F disappeared into the long grass towards the south/south west of the circle to see if they could find any more stones. I focussed on trying to understand what I was seeing nearer to the circle. Having Sandy's diagram, along with the information from Butler and other websites, has helped to clarify my understanding. To think that stone rows may have radiated from this fourfold stone circle. Absolutely fascinating!
The Round Pound
Trip No.135 Entry No.1 Date Added: 19th Jul 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
The Round Pound submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Oct 2004. The Round Pound, looking northwest from across the road which has been curved to pass around it.
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Log Text: Round Pound Enclosure (part of the Kes Tor Settlement): For our first stop of the day, this was only a very short walk north-eastwards from the car park, and so visible from the single track road, I was left with open-mouthed and couldn’t wait to get over to this monument to take a closer look.
With Sandy knowing this site so well, we had an almost intimate walk-round this impressive part of the Kes Tor settlement. Little did I appreciate, until we walked over the road to the east, that so much more lay in store.
A superb area, and so easy to reach!
Kes Tor Rock Basin
Trip No.135 Entry No.4 Date Added: 31st Jul 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kes Tor Rock Basin submitted by AngieLake on 28th Jul 2017. Another view of the rock basin here. Probably taken in 2002 on old film camera.
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Log Text: Kes Tor Outcrop: My fear of falling stopped me from going to the top of this amazing outcrop to see the rock basin (I saw another walker trip over and narrowly miss going over the edge whilst I was there), but I admired the outcrop from down below. I hope I can still tick this site off my Dartmoor list as having visited!
Kes Tor Cairn
Trip No.135 Entry No.5 Date Added: 31st Jul 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Kes Tor Cairn submitted by davep on 31st Jul 2019. Photograph taken 16th May 2019. Kes Tor Reported Cairn from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (site 1923).
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Log Text: Kes Tor Cairn: As the group gathered around the western side of the tor, we saw what I initially thought was a tumble of smaller rocks from the side of the Tor, but as I walked around photographing it, thought it resembled a cairn. Walking back to join the group, Sandy and Dave were in conversation, concluding it was indeed probably a cairn. Dave took a gps with his garmin, remarkably similar to mine with my basic model, and has now included the cairn on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks as a 'reported cairn' (site 1923).
Shovel Down Cairn Row 4
Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Shovel Down row 4 Cairn submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2004. At the southern end of row 4 is a 7 metre diameter cairn with a central pit. This is the view looking west.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 4 Cairn: Walking from Kes Tor across the moorland trackway, we came across this 'stony lump' at the top of a slope. Looking to my right (north), there was a double stone row running downslope at 90 degrees to the track. Only a small cairn, but interesting, particularly given its context. The group spent some time checking to see if any trace of the cist was visible, but we didn't find it.
Shovel Down row 4
Trip No.136 Entry No.7 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Shovel Down row 4 submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2004. A typical Dartmoor avenue, seen here from the northern end, running off up the hillside to the south.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 4: From Shovel Down Cairn Row 4, this row started just to the north west, the stones ‘marching’ steadily downhill. These stones were similar in size to the Drizzlecombe Stone Rows 1 & 2, but largely hidden in tall grass.
Whilst everyone else walked down to the Fourfold Stone Circle to start a well deserved lunch break, and see the start of Shovel Down Row 2, I paused to take photographs of row 4. The row reminded me more than a little of Standingstone Rigg in Northumberland, with the size of the stones and the steepness of the slope down which the stones ran (not literally!).
Shovel Down row 3
Trip No.135 Entry No.10 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Shovel Down row 3 submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2004. Shovel Down row 3 lseen here looking south from the northern part.
The row continues over the crest in the foreground and down into the dip, where it ends beside the Fourfold Circle.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 3: To the west of stone row 2, and to the north of row 4, there was not much left to see of this row, which I tried to trace (without much success due to the high, tussocky grass on this part of the moor) as we walked down towards the stone circle.
Now writing up my photojournal, I’m pleased to see that Sandy G’s photographs, whilst showing a lot more stones, are a little similar to mine, largely showing the tops of stones peeking out of the grass. Good job for our superb guide, who pointed out the row to me.
Shovel Down stone circle
Trip No.135 Entry No.11 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Shovel Down stone circle submitted by thecaptain on 13th Oct 2004. Two of the remaining standing stones viewed looking east.
The northern end of row 3 is just down to the right of this picture somewhere.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Stone Circle: Before we visited this site, I thought there would be nothing to see, but I was wrong. Whilst there are just three stones remaining, they appear to the eye to sit along the arc of a circle. However, the authenticity of this stone circle is queried by Pastscape.
The stones are sited in deep, tussocky grass, I was very pleased to be able to reach this stone circle, not far off the main footpath, using my walking poles to balance.
Our GPS recorded the three stones at:
SX 65830 86187, SX 65822 86196 and SX 65823 86199
Shovel Down row 1
Trip No.135 Entry No.12 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Shovel Down row 1 submitted by thecaptain on 14th Oct 2004. Shovel Down row 1.
At the northern end of this ruinous single stone row can be seen a few stones larger than the majority of theose remaining. Most of the remaining stones are very small and difficult to spot under the grass
This view is looking southwards along the general direction of the row.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 1: My goodness, this row was difficult to spot! Thank goodness for Sandy’s patience, his wellington boots and his pole in pointing out a few of the stones!
Shovel Down row 5
Trip No.135 Entry No.13 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by thecaptain on 15th Oct 2004. Shovel Down Row 5.
Although most of the stones in this avenue are either small or have been removed, traces of the row can be seen right to the Longstone.
View looking southwest at the lower end of the row, with Fernworthy forest in the distance.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 5: Having been a little mystified by trying to find Rows 3 and 1, and having to rely on Sandy G to point out a few of the ground-level small stones, to find this stone row, running towards the Longstone, was really good. Glorious views over to Kes Tor, although it was still a little misty to get great photos.
The Longstone (Shovel Down)
Trip No.135 Entry No.14 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Longstone (Shovel Down) submitted by cazzyjane on 16th Apr 2012. The longstone at Shovel Down with Kestor Rock behind.
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Log Text: The Longstone: A welcoming standing stone, very prominent in the landscape, sitting between rows 5 and 6. I had fun posing the group for photographs around the stone.
Shovel Down row 6
Trip No.135 Entry No.15 Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Shovel Down row 6 submitted by thecaptain on 15th Oct 2004. Shovel Down Row 6
View looking south towards the Three Boys Stone. Fernworthy forest in the distance.
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Log Text: Shovel Down Row 6: Nothing is visible of this row now, although we walked down the line of the row to get to the Three Boys.