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Collard Tor W
Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Collard Tor W submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The western row. Natural clitter makes it more difficult to see this row. View from north along the row.
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Log Text: Roadside car parking is available at SX 55812 61863. From here walk north for a short distance across open moorland.
Collard Tor E
Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Collard Tor E submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. Eastern stone row with later field bank highlighted. View from north.
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Log Text: Roadside car parking is available at SX 55812 61863. From here walk north for a short distance across open moorland.
Glasscombe Ball North
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Glasscombe Ball North submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. A line of prostrate granite slabs protruding through dead molinia does not offer a great photographic opportunity. One day I will return with my pole and see if I can improve on this offering. The fact that no stones remain standing strongly supports the idea that they have been deliberately felled. View from the north east with the terminal cairn on the skyline.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east to SX 65769 59963 where the track of a disused railway line is encountered. Follow this north to SX 65716 60429. The row is situated close to this point. A visit to this row should be combined with others in the vicinity.
Glasscombe Ball NE
Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Glasscombe Corner Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. View from the north east along the row.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east to SX 65769 59963 where the track of a disused railway line is encountered. Follow this north to SX 65716 60429. The row is situated 420m north east of this point. A visit to this row should be combined with others in the vicinity.
Spurrell's Cross
Date Added: 14th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Spurrell's Cross submitted by cazzyjane on 8th Aug 2012. Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor, Dartmoor.
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Log Text: None
Piles Hill NE
Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Piles Hill NE submitted by SandyG on 26th Feb 2015. All of the stones in this row are now recumbent. When standing this must have been spectacular indeed. (9th March 2013)
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Log Text: Car parking location is available at SX 64342 59548. From here head east to the Two Moors Way at SX 65765 59965. Then follow the track north to SX 65388 61077 where it crosses the row.
Butterdon Hill Row
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Butterdon Hill Row submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. In places along the length of the row the alignment is formed by series of small stones placed very close together. This is a common feature of the Dartmoor rows although their tiny size means that this characteristic is often overlooked.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east for 1.2km. The row crosses the bridleway.
Hobajons Cross
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hobajons Cross submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. Hobajons Cross may be an original terminal stone for the Butterdon Hill stone row which has been Christianised by the cutting of a simple cross on the western face.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550.
The Longstone (Piles Hill)
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
The Longstone (Piles Hill) submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The Longstone and friend. The stone on the right is a later boundary marker. There is a history of legal disputes concerning this boundary and the new stone will have been erected to resolve one of these. A remarkable juxtaposition of stones with many stories to tell.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550.
Spurrells Cross Row
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Spurrells Cross Row submitted by SandyG on 28th Feb 2015. This row is being enveloped by encroaching moorland grass and gorse. At this rate within a few years it will not longer be visible (9th March 2013).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east for 1.4km. The row is on the southern side of the bridleway.
Butterdon Stone Circle
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Butterdon Stone Circle submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. Cairn at the southern end of the row. The large recumbent slabs surround the cairn and probably represent either a once impressive kerb or stone circle.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550.
Stanlake Cist
Date Added: 14th Feb 2020
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanlake Cist submitted by Bladup on 29th Jul 2017. Stanlake Cairn and Cist [SX56427085].
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Stanlake Settlement
Date Added: 14th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanlake Settlement submitted by AngieLake on 29th May 2019. With the men out of the way we can see the abundance of lovely bluebells inside the hut circle on this sunny, but very windy, 14 May!
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Log Text: A true palimpsest with remains of different periods all jumbled up together. At one point a prehistoric round house wall is overlain by a medieval field boundary which in turn underlies a post-medieval wall. Truly amazing. This is the sort of thing that you usually only see on excavations.
Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement
Date Added: 15th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement submitted by davep on 25th Jul 2016. Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement. Photo taken 11/04/2011
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Log Text: None
Holne Ridge NE
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Holne Ridge NE submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Double stone row leading towards the cairn. View from west.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67544 71401. From here head south west across the open moorland for about 850m.
Green Hill - Stall Moor
Date Added: 19th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Green Hill - Stall Moor submitted by SandyG on 29th Jul 2013. The row meandering up the hillslope at SX 6368 6631. View from the south. This length of row clearly refutes the idea that the Dartmoor rows are always straight.
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Log Text: This has never been an easy row to get to. When visited in 2013 car parking was available at SX 62524 61120. Recently (2016) this car parking area has been closed making it much more difficult to access this part of the moor. An alternative car parking location is at SX 64342 59548. From here the easiest way to reach the row is probably to head east to the Two Moors Way at SX 65765 59965. Then follow the track north to SX 64683 63454. From here navigate north west taking care when crossing the River Erme. Given the effort to get to the area it would be a good idea to have a look at the Hook Lake Row and if you have time the splendid one on Stalldown as well as some the amazing prehistoric settlements. Another option maybe to park at SX 60395 70806 and approach the row from the north via Crane Hill. A full day but hopefully a rewarding one. Best contemplated in the summer.
Upper Erme Row
Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Upper Erme Row submitted by SandyG on 30th Jul 2013. The Upper Erme stone row curving towards its southern end. Most of the Dartmoor rows are not straight although this one does meander across the landscape rather more than most.
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Log Text: None
Stalldon Row
Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldon Row submitted by SandyG on 11th Sep 2014. The northern length of the stone row. View from north west.
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Log Text: When visited in 2013 car parking was available at SX 62524 61120. Recently (2016) this car parking area has been closed making it much more difficult to access this part of the moor. The alternative car parking location is at SX 64342 59548. From here the easiest way to reach the row is probably to head north alongside the River Erme which will need to be crossed at some point. A decent map and reliable GPS will be essential.
Hook Lake Row
Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 1
Hook Lake Row submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Prehistoric stone round house which incorporates a stone row orthostat in its wall. The ranging rod denotes the position of the earlier stone row orthostat. View from north.
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Log Text: This has never been an easy row to get to. When visited in 2013 car parking was available at SX 62524 61120. Recently (2016) this car parking area has been closed making it much more difficult to access this part of the moor. The alternative car parking location is at SX 64342 59548. From here the easiest way to reach the row is probably to head east to the Two Moors Way at SX 65765 59965. Then follow the track north to SX 64400 64275 where the path to Hook Lake should be taken. Given the effort to get to the area it would be a good idea to have a look at the Upper Erme Row and some the amazing prehistoric settlements at the same time. A full day but hopefully a rewarding one. Best contemplated in the summer.
Drizzlecombe row 1
Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe row 1 submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. Stone row next to the Giant's Basin.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 57887 67306. The row is about 1400m ESE of the car park across open moorland.