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Trendlebere Down
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trendlebere Down submitted by AngieLake on 10th Aug 2010. First view of Trendlebere Down stone row on approach from the road. Orientated N-S, the south end is to far right here.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 76661 79035. From the car parking area walk northward along the road verge for about 200m . The row is a short distance below (north) of the road.
Higher White Tor stone row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Higher White Tor stone row submitted by cazzyjane on 9th Jan 2013. Higher White Tor Stone row. Looking down towards Longaford Tor.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 63757 77614. From here head a short distance along the B3212 towards Postbridge before crossing the road to join the Lychway. Follow the Lychway to SX 61805 77646 and then head towards Higher White Tor.
Merrivale 5
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 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: Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a relatively short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the stone circle a short distance to the north of the row. The row is easiest found by walking towards the large standing stone situated close by.
Sharpitor NW double row
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2015. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sharpitor NW double row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW double row looking southwest
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Log Text: This is a very accessible stone row. Car parking is available adjacent to the row at SX 55678 70644.
Conies Down
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 1
Conies Down submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Conies Down Stone Row @ SX58597905 looking north
This row runs almost NS actual azimuth 10 deg. It is 172m long, difficult to find as the stones are small & only about 22 remain standing. The row runs slightly uphill to to a low mound possibly the remains of a burial - no
finds.
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Log Text: This stone row stands within the Merrivale military live firing range and it is important that you check that there is no firing and that the range is open for visitors before you set off. It can be reached either from the west or south. If approaching from the west, car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This is a bit of slog but has the advantage of passing the stone row at Langstone Moor. Alternatively, access from the south is much easier although there is no path. Car parking is available at SX 59145 76462 and from here you should head due north across Black Dunghill before crossing Conies Down Water.
A series of landmark reveals and other visual links to the surrounding landscape have been identified at Conies Down. These centre around a group of tors to the south west, but North Hessary Tor to the south and Conies Down Tor feature in what are a particularly interesting series of visual treats. The row itself is not remarkable but the way in which it seemingly relates to the surrounding landscape is.
Sharpitor NW single row
Date Added: 19th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2015. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW single row, looking northeast
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Log Text: This is a very accessible stone row. Car parking is available very close to the row at SX 55678 70644.
Butterdon Hill Cist
Date Added: 4th Jan 2019
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Butterdon Hill Cist submitted by Anne T on 15th Oct 2016. Butterdon Hill cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.
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Log Text: Worth having a look at when visiting the nearby stone rows. Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east for 1.4km then head south. There is plenty to see in this area.
Burford Down (Tristis Rock)
Date Added: 4th Jan 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Burford Down (Tristis Rock) submitted by SandyG on 4th Jan 2019. View from west with Tristis Rock in the background.
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Log Text: Very limited car parking is available at SX 62102 60910. Care should be taken to ensure that the highway is not restricted and access to the adjacent field is not obstructed. From here walk eastward up the lane and follow the footpath to the Erme Valley to SX 63582 61142. From here head south to the row passing the Stalldown SE stone row on the way.
Cantrell
Date Added: 4th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cantrell submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Cantrell.
This double stone row @ SX 6570 5717 has a cairn at the upper end
which is on the skyline when viewed from the lower end of the row. The ruined cairn is 8m
diameter & has a single slab at the centre in a hollow. Perhaps the remains of a burial kist. The row is 48m long with an azimuth of 45 degrees.
Strangely this row is aligned diagonally across the slope of the hill. It does not follow the natural contour of the downhill slope. The horizon height of the
cairn from the bot...
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Log Text: Car parking is available nearby at SX 65830 57177.
Porlock Common North East
Date Added: 17th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Common North East submitted by SandyG on 17th Jan 2019. Western stone. View from south west (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Parking is available at SS 84541 46153. From here it is a short walk south west to the row.
Furzehill Common 5
Date Added: 18th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Furzehill Common 5 submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Jul 2010. I found at least six still standing stones up to two feet tall hiding amongst the ferns on the hillside, some of which were nicely shaped.
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Log Text: This row can be reached either by walking from Brendon Two Gates (SS 76507 43252) which takes you past the rows on Cheriton Ridge or from Shallowford (SS 71409 44955) which avoids a couple of steep climbs.
Hoccombe Coombe
Date Added: 18th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 1
Hoccombe Coombe submitted by SandyG on 18th Jan 2019. Stone 1 measures 0.76m long by 0.15m wide, stands up to 0.59m high and is orientated at 90°. The stone is leaning very heavily to the south and would have originally been about 0.75m high. View from south (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 75924 45192. From here head east along the footpath to SS 78685 44628. The stone row is a short distance to the south.
Cheriton Ridge 2
Date Added: 18th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cheriton Ridge 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Feb 2011. This stone setting is easily found, even though the four standing stones are each no more than a foot tall. At first, the four standers seem to be four stones of a six pack, with the other two still in place but broken.
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Log Text: Abundant car parking is available at Brendon Two Gates at SS 76510 43254. From here head west following the track that leads beside the field wall. After crossing the valley of Farley Water head south to the row.
Furzehill Common 2
Date Added: 18th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Furzehill Common 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 14th May 2010. Supposedly a stone setting of three stones, I found one stone standing just over a foot high surrounded by couch grass.
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Log Text: This row can be reached either by walking from Brendon Two Gates (SS 76507 43252) which takes you past the rows on Cheriton Ridge or from Shallowford (SS 71409 44955) which avoids a couple of steep climbs.
Warcombe Water row
Date Added: 18th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Warcombe Water row submitted by Celia Haddon on 17th Mar 2008. View of Warcombe Water stone row
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SS 71410 44956 at Shallowford. From here head east along the path to SS 71818 44908 at which point turn south and follow the track to SS 72602 43860. Leave the track and head north east to the row. For some reason the area around the row was at the time of the fieldwork particularly infested with ticks. Take care.
Furzehill Common stone row
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Furzehill Common stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 19th May 2010. Here I found four little stumps of stone in a row, in a boggy hollow on top of the ridge. They are spaced 2.5, 5, 2.5 metres apart, suggesting a missing stone in between those I could find.
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Log Text: This row can be reached either by walking from Brendon Two Gates (SS 76507 43252) which takes you past the rows on Cheriton Ridge or from Shallowford (SS 71409 44955) which avoids a couple of steep climbs.
Cheriton Ridge stone row
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cheriton Ridge stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Feb 2011. Looking along the length of the Cheriton Ridge stone row.
The stones are tiny and very difficult to find, with most of them probably buried under the turf and heather.
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Log Text: Abundant car parking is available at Brendon Two Gates at SS 76510 43254. From here head west following the track that leads beside the field wall. After crossing the valley of Farley Water head south to the row.
Thornworthy Little Common
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Thornworthy Little Common submitted by TimPrevett on 7th Jul 2002. Thornworthy Little Common Stone Row
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Photo & visit by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SS 71410 44956 at Shallowford. From here head south along the path to SS 71330 43866 and enter the field on your right. From here it is a short walk to the row which may be difficult to find in the dense undergrowth.
Winnaway
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Winnaway submitted by SandyG on 22nd Jan 2019. View from above and south east (Scale 1m). The stones are all highlighted with white arrows.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SS 71410 44956 at Shallowford. From here head east along the path to SS 72425 44070 then head south westward uphill to the row.
Benjamy
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Benjamy submitted by SandyG on 3rd Jan 2019. Plan of Benjamy stone row showing the position of the numbered stones (Source: Survey at 1:100 by Sandy Gerrard).
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SS 71410 44956 at Shallowford. From here head east along the path to SS 71818 44908 at which point turn south and follow the track to SS 72602 43860. Leave the track and head south to the gate at SS 72754 43552. The row is a short distance upslope from here.