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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.
Shovel Down row 5
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down row 5 submitted by SandyG on 1st Aug 2015. Much of this double row consists of small stones that are now hidden beneath dense moorland grass. View from north (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.
Shovel Down row 4
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down row 4 submitted by SandyG on 31st Jul 2015. This row like most on Dartmoor is far from straight. View from north west (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.
Shovel Down Fourfold Circle
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down Fourfold Circle submitted by SandyG on 29th Jul 2015. The elaborate cairn at the upper end of Row 2. Many cairns at the end of rows are simple unassuming structures but this one does not fall into that category. (28th April 2013).
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Shovel Down row 2
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down row 2 submitted by SandyG on 29th Jul 2015. Row leading to the Fourfold Circle. View from the north (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.
Shovel Down row 3
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Shovel Down row 3 submitted by SandyG on 31st Jul 2015. Protruding through a sea of dead mollinia grass (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.
Little Links Tor
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Little Links Tor submitted by SandyG on 13th Jan 2018. View from the north west with stone 1 in the foreground.
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Log Text: Car parking is normally available at SX 52991 86327, but if not the large car park at SX 52545 85369 may be used. From either location the stone row can be reached on foot. A bridge and stepping stones (for the more adventurous) are available at SX 53188 85719.
Cosdon Hill Cairn Circle
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Cosdon Hill Cairn Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Jun 2004. Cosdon Hill Cairn Circle, Dartmoor, Devon SX643916
On a flatter shelf of land on the eastern side of Cosdon Hill are the splendid remains of a cairn and treble stone row.
The remains of the cairn at the uphill end of the rows is approx 8 metres in diameter, and has been substantially messed about with. Despite this, there are the clear remains of a double cist in the centre of the cairn, the downhill one of which still has its capstone largely in place. Several stones also remain in place...
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Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The triple stone row with blocking stones. View from east.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65810 91500. From here head south west to Shilley Pool. Carefully cross the stream and walk north west up the steep slope for about 850m. The row is the visually most impressive triple row in Great Britain and well worth the effort of getting to.
Pig Hill (S)
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pig Hill (S) submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2007. It is a great pity that one of the stones has recently been broken, possibly by somebody driving a 4x4 over the moor (the tracks are everywhere), perhaps horses, or perhaps maybe just wanton vandalism, as a pathway runs right past this stone.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 76006 44289. Take care when crossing the road.
Porlock Common SW
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Common SW submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2006. Seen here looking west, towards the circle.
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m then veer to the right and walk up the hill for about 50m. The row is not at all obvious and may take you a while to find.
Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. For evidence of the avenue, go past the NE circle, and look for the linear earthwork. The line is visible here on the LH corner of the picture; the group is on another part of the earthwork. Looking on the aerial pics, and on the ground, this can be traced from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock outside the Great and NE circles. I did have an excellent picture of this from the ground, but have accidentally overwritten it!
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by ogham on 12th Mar 2013. Interesting site to wander round and usually there no others with you.
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Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Looking along the NE Avenue to the NE circle at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Longstone Cove
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury Beckhampton Avenue Adam submitted by vicky on 26th Apr 2002. The other of the Longstones - Adam, part of the Beckhampton Avenue near Avebury at GR: SU088694.
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The Sanctuary.
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 5
The Sanctuary. submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Aerial Photograph copyright JJ Evendon
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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
West Kennet Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Nov 2007. Sunrise on the West Kennet Ave 25/11/07.
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Avebury
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury submitted by dodomad on 30th Jun 2017. The reconstructed ground plan of the Southern Inner Circle combining the results of the current survey with the 1939 excavation
Image Credit: University of Leicester
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Carreg Cadno
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carreg Cadno submitted by sem on 9th Aug 2014. I've been trying for 6 years to see the sunrise here and due to the background cloud did not expect to see it this time.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86957 16141. Head south east up the hill for about 850m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Carreg Cadno a number of the boulders have been propped into position indicating that this site has been deliberately fashioned. What is less clear is whether this happened in prehistoric times. On balance the possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row remains the most likely explanation.
Pump Maen (Five Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pump Maen (Five Stones) submitted by sem on 25th Apr 2010. Pump Maen - Five Stones
The first four can be seen but a fifth lies hidden among the grey of rock outcrops.
The row points to a sixth stone on the horizon. This marks a route down a treacherous scree/cliff slope.
The row is aligned at the same angle as Carreg Cadnow Row, but as CC also points to a way down whether there is an Astronomical angle is debateable.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86267 15799. Head south east up the hill for about 400m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Careg Lwyd a number of details support the possibility that this line of stones was created by people. The first is the three stone arrangement at the southern end and the second is the fact that the northern stone is prominent on the skyline when viewed from the southern end. Finally, and most convincingly is the evidence that at least one of the stones has been propped into position with trig stones. Together these details strongly suggest that this site was deliberately fashioned, but whether this happened in prehistoric times is less certain. On balance there is a sound possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row.