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Stalldown North
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown North submitted by Anne T on 8th Oct 2016. The Stalldown North Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldon Row
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldon Row submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Sep 2006. The northern end of the row has 4 wonderful large (2 metres plus) stones still standing, which can be seen from miles away all over the southern moor, and look in many ways like walkers on the hilltop.
Seen here looking to the north, the wild moorland stretches off into the distance.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Encircled Cairn
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Stalldown Encircled Cairn submitted by markj99 on 2nd Feb 2021. Stalldown Stone Row viewed from NW across Stalldown Encircled Cairn. The hollow in the top of the cairn is evident. Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE is visible centre frame just below the horizon.
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Log Text: Stalldown Encircled Cairn is within 30 yards of Stalldown Stone Row on the Northern third of Stalldown Stone Row. Walk c. 100 yards NNW of Stalldown Cairn Circle to find the cairn.
Sherberton circle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 30th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Sherberton circle submitted by bec-zog on 20th Nov 2003. Sherberton Stone circle @ SX 639733.
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Log Text: It is always disappointing to realise that practical considerations take precedence over the sanctity of an ancient site. Somebody thought it was easier to vandalise a stone circle rather than alter the course of a field boundary. At least the Sherberton Stone Circle has survived in its somewhat ruined state.
Cuckoo Rock (Dartmoor)
Date Added: 25th Jul 2025
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cuckoo Rock (Dartmoor) submitted by John_A on 14th Jun 2023. Cuckoo Rock cupmarks Dartmoor close up
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Log Text: The Cuckoo Rock is not easy to find, requiring a c. 1 mile walk from Norseworthy Bridge Car Park at Burrator Reservoir. The natural boulder is located on the W slope of Combshead Tor in a rock outcrop. Cuckoo Rock is the tallest stone in this outcrop reaching c. 20 feet high narrowing to a point at the summit. There are possible cup marks carved on the W face of the boulder. Directions to the stone are available on the main page.
Down Tor cairn
Date Added: 30th Aug 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Down Tor cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2010. About 50 metres to the northwest of the beautiful cairn circle, around the edge of the hillside, is the remains of another cairn, 14 metre diameter and more than a metre high. There are no signs of any kerb stones or structure within the cairn.
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Log Text: It would be easy to miss this ruined cairn due to its proximity to the more impressive cairn on the WSW end of the stone row: it's always a good idea for antiquarians to investigate any suspicious mounds to avoid missing out.
Down Tor circle
Date Added: 30th Aug 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Down Tor circle submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Sep 2010. Hingstone Hill or Down Tor circle and row. Late afternoon, September 26 2010
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Log Text: There is an impressive complete kerb circle round a cairn making a perfect full stop on the WSW end of the stone row.
Down Tor stone row
Date Added: 30th Aug 2025
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Down Tor stone row submitted by TimPrevett on 10th Jun 2002. This is where it all began for me: Down Tor, on Dartmoor. A chance encounter on a beautiful day and night with an awesome stone circle and row. This is where the stones bug bit me! Taken with a simple automatic 35mm camera.
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Log Text: The majority of the stones are not tall but this stone row set in isolated moorland has a tremendous presence in this bleak landscape. It is the pick of the multiple sites concentrated in this area.
Narrator Brookhead Enclosure
Date Added: 30th Aug 2025
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Narrator Brookhead Enclosure submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2010. There is an opening in the southeastern part of the walling, marked with large upright slabs, and facing directly towards the large cairn.
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Log Text: The mystery of this enclosure is increased by its proximity to several cairns and a stone row. The quiet isolation of the site is in contrast to the importance of this area in the Bronze Age as suggested by multiple sites and settlements.
Narrator Brookhead Cairn
Date Added: 30th Aug 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Narrator Brookhead Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Nov 2010. This is a big old cairn about 20 metres in diameter, and up to 2 metres high.
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Log Text: Narrator Brookhead Cairn is a different animal to the kerb cairn on the WSW end of Down Tor Stone Row. It is a substantial mound retaining a covering of original stones. It is probable that it has been robbed to construct the enclosure c. 75 yards WSW. There is an intriguing recumbent stone c. 6 feet long located c. 15 yards NW of the cairn.
Sharpitor cairn circle
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sharpitor cairn circle submitted by bec-zog on 28th Nov 2003. Sharpitor : central cyst in barrow remains.
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Log Text: Sharpitor cairn circle is located in moorland c. 130 yards E of a lay-by at SX 55707 70679. Follow a path heading ENE out of the lay-by to find the low lying cairn and cist.
Sharpitor NW double row
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sharpitor NW double row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW double row looking southwest
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Log Text: The Sharpitor NW Stone Rows are easily visited by parking at SX 55707 70679, adjacent to a pool S of the B3212. The stones are mostly small and hidden under the moorland vegetation. The rows are delineated by a few exposed stones.
Sharpitor NW single row
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW single row, looking northeast
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Log Text: The Sharpitor NW Stone Rows are easily visited by parking at SX 55707 70679, adjacent to a pool S of the B3212. The stones are mostly small and hidden under the moorland vegetation. The rows are delineated by a few exposed stones.
Merrivale circle
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale circle submitted by AngieLake on 9th Feb 2008. Merrivale Circle and menhir looking south towards King's Tor, at about 6.15pm on 10.10.07
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Log Text: Merrivale Stone Circle is not spectacular. The stones are small, but it is surrounded by more substantial antiquarian sites.
Merrivale 5
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
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: I have visited here, but I was hypnotised by the tall Standing Stone. I failed to notice the alignment of smaller stones.
Merrivale 6
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale 6 submitted by Anne T on 8th Jul 2019. Comparing my photographs to those on Sandy G's Stone Rows of Great Britain website, the only stone visible of Merrivale Row 6 is in the foreground of this photo. Standing just to its west, looking east.
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Log Text: I have visited here, but I was hypnotised by the tall Standing Stone. I failed to notice the alignment of smaller stones.
Merrivale 6
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale 6 submitted by Anne T on 8th Jul 2019. Comparing my photographs to those on Sandy G's Stone Rows of Great Britain website, the only stone visible of Merrivale Row 6 is in the foreground of this photo. Standing just to its west, looking east.
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Log Text: I have visited here, but I was hypnotised by the tall Standing Stone. I failed to notice the alignment of smaller stones.
Merrivale row 4
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale row 4 submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Row 4 azimuth 6 length 7m GR 5535 7458 Burl calls this E
A short row of 4 small stones next to the single standing stone.
It shows up rather well in this winter photo taken a few days ago.
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Log Text: I have visited here, but I was hypnotised by the tall Standing Stone. I failed to notice the alignment of smaller stones.
Merrivale Menhir
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Merrivale Menhir submitted by AngieLake on 10th Apr 2015. This shot shows the "smaller pillar" that Butler describes, in relation to the menhir and the cairn 6 pit. He says: "The menhir, 3.1 m high, still stands in its original position, 42 m almost due south from the centre of the stone circle. There is no evidence that the smaller pillar, 2 m long, lying a few meters away ever stood upright, but it was erected in 1895 in the pit alongside, toppling again a few years later. Between these two stones cairn C6 (3.0 x 0.3 m) has a central pit. Three st...
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Log Text: I was impressed by the tallest stone in the Merrivale complex, though the double stone rows are probably more impressive.
Merrivale Second Menhir and Cairn
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale Second Menhir and Cairn submitted by Anne T on 9th Jul 2019. To show the relationship of these monuments with the tall Merrivale Menhir, the recumbent granite pillar is in the foreground, with its pit immediately behind it; the cairn is visible as a low mound behind it (just right of centre) The tall menhir is in the background. The cairn is 5.5m from the menhirs and the granite slab 2m from the cairn. Row 4 runs from the centre to the middle left of the photo; the western stone of row 6 is to the left hand side of the menhir.
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Log Text: I wasn't sure if the recumbent stone was part of an alignment with the standing stone or part of the ruined cairn.