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Shovel Down row 1
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down row 1 submitted by SandyG on 29th Jul 2015. Row 1 is composed almost entirely of tiny stones protruding only slightly through the turf. This photograph shows three of these stones. Can you spot them. Most of the others are hidden beneath the dense vegetation that covers much of this area. (28th April 2013).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.
Three Boys
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Three Boys submitted by thecaptain on 15th Oct 2004. Nearly 2 metres long, this fairly large, almost fallen stone was probably once a blocking stone at the southern end of Shovel Down row 6.
Viewed looking northwest with a row 6 stone under the gorsebush
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 66205 86548. From here head SSW across open moorland to the stone rows.
Yardworthy
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Yardworthy submitted by SandyG on 14th Jan 2018. Stone 1. 0.26m long by 0.13m wide and 0.04m high. Orientation 210°.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67522 84123. From here walk a short distance northward and take the first gate on the left. Please ensure that you leave the gate as you find it. Walk northward up the gentle hill until you reach its summit.
Fernworthy stone row N
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Fernworthy stone row N submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. This site is best appreciated in the spring when the grass is at its shortest. View along the row from the south.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65948 83908. From here head west on the forestry track to SX 65477 84039. In the clearing on your right are a stone circle, cairns and two stone rows. Fernworthy N is situated in a separate clearing to the north of the stone circle.
Fernworthy stone row SW
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Fernworthy stone row SW submitted by SandyG on 28th Sep 2014. The northern end of this double row with the tiny stones highlighted with arrows. View from south. The stones in the background are the nearby stone circle. This row forms part of a really interesting ritual complex.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65948 83908. From here head west on the forestry track to SX 65477 84039. In the clearing on your right are a stone circle, cairns and two stone rows. Fernworthy SW is situated in this clearing to the south of the stone circle.
Fernworthy stone row SE
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Fernworthy stone row SE submitted by SandyG on 28th Sep 2014. Tiny stones protruding through the turf make this row difficult to photograph. A useful reminder however that many rows include stones which would have required very little effort to move and raise. This does not detract from their significance although it is perhaps remarkable that they have survived so well for so long.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65948 83908. From here head west on the forestry track to SX 65477 84039. In the clearing on your right are a stone circle, cairns and two stone rows. Fernworthy 2 is situated in this clearing to the SSE of the stone circle.
Assycombe
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Assycombe submitted by SandyG on 27th Jul 2013. Small stones are an often overlooked feature of many Dartmoor stone rows. This view of the lower length of the Assycombe double row also highlights the meandering character of many rows. View from the east.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65899 83608 then follow forest road on foot south to SX 65883 82597. Turn left and follow forest path uphill to the clearing containing the stone row.
Hurston Ridge
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hurston Ridge submitted by SandyG on 2nd Aug 2015. The tallest stone stands at the upper southern end of the row. (16th May 2015).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67576 81091. From here carefully cross the road and head north across open moorland. The row is about 1,300m from the car park. A map or reliable GPS device is highly recomended. Well worth the walk.
White Ridge stone row
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
White Ridge stone row submitted by SandyG on 1st Aug 2015. Looking south along the row. (16th May 2015).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 66841 80585. From here take the track leading north and follow to SX 65651 81538. Cross into the newtake and head west for about 250m. The southern part of the row can be reached via a stile.
Grimslake Cist
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grimslake Cist submitted by SandyG on 15th Jan 2018. Plan of Grimslake Cist and row. Row stones shown red (Source: Butler, J., 1991, 147).
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Log Text: Visiting this row also offers the opportunity to see the impressive Grimspound prehistoric settlement. Car parking is available at SX 69701 80894. Walk east along the well trodden path up to Grimspound which is defintely worth a good look. Then head north east to visit the row.
Challacombe rows
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe rows submitted by Bladup on 11th Sep 2013. The North end of Challacombe stone rows.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 69539 81377. From here walk south west across the open moorland keeping the fields of Headland Warren Farm to your left. The row is visible from the car parking area.
Hamel Down row
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hamel Down row submitted by Bryan Byng on 19th Oct 2004. Reportedly destroyed, but now back from the dead !
Picture recently received from Brian Byng.
Hameldown alignment or Berry Pound as Butler calls it at SX715801, viewed here looking east.
It is quite a challenge to find widely spaced & only a few stones remain
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 72089 80196. Please ensure that the gate onto the moor is not blocked. From the car parking area take the path leading westward. Do not follow the path leading beside the forestry on your right. This row is best visited during the winter months because it is obscured by bracken in the summer.
Buttern Hill row
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Buttern Hill row submitted by SandyG on 16th Jan 2018. Simplified plan of the Buttern Hill stone alignment (Source: Johnson, N. and Rose, P., 1994, 32 and fieldwork).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 18347 82645. Take the track leading south and follow to SX 17898 82272. From here walk around the northern slope of Buttern Hill to the row.
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.
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.
Langstone Moor stone row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Langstone Moor stone row submitted by SandyG on 5th Oct 2014. A sinuous line of small stones heading straight for the impressive terminal stone. View from north.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This one is a bit of slog, pretty much all uphill for over 3kms. The row is situated just inside 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. It’s a long way to go to find you can’t visit.
The Langstone
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
The Langstone submitted by SandyG on 5th Oct 2014. Western face complete with bullet holes.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This one is a bit of slog, pretty much all uphill for over 3kms. The row is situated just inside 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. It’s a long way to go to find you can’t visit.
Leskernick Hill Row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Leskernick Hill Row submitted by thecaptain on 9th Oct 2008. The three fairly large flat slabs at the western end.
View here looking east along the stone row, one of which can clearly be seen.
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Log Text: I had the great fortune of being shown around the row by Roy Goutté and some members of the TimeSeekers Clearance Group, who were responsible for revealing many of the stones. I would like to thank them for their hospitality and sharing their considerable knowledge of the site. It was a pleasure to meet such interesting people.
This row has recently been partially cleared and recorded by the TimeSeekers Clearance Group led by Roy Goutté who found previously unrecorded stones and a possible cist. This work also revealed a visual treat which is certainly worth mentioning. Along the entire length of the row until the western end is reached at a point they call The Terminal, Brown Gelly complete with cairn on top is completely invisible. However, at the Terminal the cairn at the top of Brown Gelly is suddenly revealed though the hill itself remains hidden from view (Goutté, 2016, 3) Another example of a very precise visual relationship between a row and its landscape. The cumulative evidence for these visual links illustrates that the stone rows were carefully placed within the landscape to acknowledge and celebrate them. Goutté notes a second visual link available from The Terminal. At this point he notes that Brown Willy is perfectly framed in the saddle of rising ground” (Goutté, 2016, 2). This is reminiscent of the view available from the lower end of the Yar Tor stone alignment on Dartmoor.
In common with all the longer rows this alignment is far from straight and Goutté has identified a point close to the tinners’ gully where the orientation of the row shifts. This point may have been of particular significance to the row builders or may indicate an extension to the original row.
Limited parking is available at SX 20389 80372. From here follow the path westward to the row.
Leskernick cairn
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Leskernick cairn submitted by theCaptain on 27th Oct 2012. Looking westwards towards the cairn from the tin worked stream.
A couple of stones from the stone row can be seen
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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.