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Stanton Drew Great Circle
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. Stanton Drew Great Circle 01/04/09
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Stanton Drew
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by JJ on 6th Oct 2003. Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. The Cove 01/04/09
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 15th Feb 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wayland's Smithy submitted by StoneLee on 11th Jun 2015. Wayland's Smithy
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Threestoneburn
Date Added: 12th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 1
Threestoneburn submitted by Creative Commons on 19th May 2013. Also known as Ilderton Stone Circle. The view here is easterly, with your back to the forest fence, looking back down the valley towards Threestoneburn House.
Some of my friends taken on the long walk here would have said, "OK, it's a stone circle but it's hardly Stonehenge or Calanais, is it?".
No it's not Stonehenge or Calanais; it's a north-east stone circle. We do it differently up here. We put rough stones in a rough circle. Job done. Not for us this hacking great lumps of stone...
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Log Text: This is not an easy row to get to and some might wonder whether the effort is worth it. Bridleways shown on Ordnance Survey maps do not exist and visiting it on the hottest day of the year is not recommended. Sadly in common with many rows next to forestry you will need to watch out for ticks. The route described below worked for me, but alternatives may exist. Park at NT 96325 23259. Cross the bridge and follow the footpath to NT 96195 22029. From here the best way is to follow the quad bike track on the southern side of the wall. This will take you to the access gate into Threestoneburn Wood at NT 96970 20964. From here follow the forest track to the row and circle.
Five Kings
Date Added: 12th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 2
Five Kings submitted by Strider on 4th Feb 2003. Five Kings, Northumberland
NT955001
Alignment of four large, irregular stones - the fifth may have fallen but I could not be certain.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at NT 95789 02379. From here follow the footpath south westward to the row. In common with most rows next to forestry watch out for ticks, but another hazard here was clouds of flies – fortunately of the non biting variety.
Standingstone Rigg
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Standingstone Rigg submitted by Anne T on 15th Jul 2014. This photograph is taken from the top of Standingstone Rigg looking south east. The pairing of the stones is identifiable.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at NY 83118 75082. From here follow the track south looking out for the small four-stone circle at NY 82942 74717. Follow the track past Great Lonbrough and onto the access land at NY 81612 73313. From here it is a short walk west to the stones.
There are a number of separate and connected reasons for doubting the prehistoric stone row interpretation of this site:-
In places there seems to be a rubble bank between the upright stones.
At one point near to the sheep fold there is a clear lynchet along the orientation of the feature
At the northern end, the feature descends a very steep slope. No other row is known to do this.
A line of lines at NY 81514 73328 suggests that the feature turns at a right angle and heads east from NY 81499 73317. Severe shifts of alignment such as this are not a characteristic of stone rows but are common in field boundaries
The spacing between the rows is inconsistent
The form of the feature is similar to prehistoric boundary walls
The southern part of the feature is orientated on a pronounced kink in a boundary bank.
On the basis of the available evidence it would therefore appear unlikely that this feature represents the remains of a prehistoric stone row and instead is more likely to be the partly robbed remains of a field boundary, probably of prehistoric date because historic boundaries in the vicinity appear to be of the ditch and bank type.
Goatstones Four-Poster
Date Added: 30th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Goatstones Four-Poster submitted by Bladup on 20th Feb 2014. Goatstones Four-Poster.
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Whittondean Farm
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Whittondean Farm submitted by SandyG on 10th Feb 2020. The “stone alignment” scheduled by Historic England forms part of a field boundary or wall. View from west.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 05267 98785. From here head north. There is plenty of rock art and some interesting prehistoric field boundaries to see.
Lordenshaw Hillfort
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lordenshaw Hillfort submitted by DrewParsons on 2nd Oct 2011. View of the second of the two entrances. September 2011.
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The King's Stone (Coldstream)
Date Added: 11th Nov 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 3
The King's Stone (Coldstream) submitted by bishop_pam on 22nd Aug 2017. The King's Stone, near Coldstream.
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Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Date Added: 26th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2015
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by SandyG on 23rd Jun 2015. Underground at Grimes Graves. Working conditions would have been dreadful and dangerous.
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Dover Castle
Date Added: 28th Feb 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 25th Feb 2015
Dover Castle submitted by SandyG on 25th Feb 2015. Roman Pharos (lighthouse) next to the church. View from north west.
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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.
Upper Erme Cairns
Date Added: 25th Sep 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2013
Upper Erme Cairns submitted by SandyG on 27th Jul 2013. The cairn is adjacent to the Upper Erme stone row. Despite proximity they are unlikely to have been built at the same time. The row is likely to be earlier.
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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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Black Tor (Meavy)
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Black Tor (Meavy) submitted by SandyG on 22nd Dec 2013. Stones forming the southern end of the stone row partly underlying a later field boundary at Stanlake Farm
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SX 56746 71434. Take care crossing the road then make your way across open moorland to the row.
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.
Brisworthy
Date Added: 25th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2014
Brisworthy submitted by SandyG on 12th Sep 2014. View from the north.
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