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Burford Down Stone Row
Date Added: 9th Jun 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Burford Down Stone Row submitted by Tom_Bullock on 9th Jul 2002. The Burford Down stone row, one of the finest in
Dartmoor, shows evidence of recent damage by whatever farmer is running
huge tractors across the fields. S(he) has been driving right through
the rows (perpendicular to them) along several tracks. I saw evidence of
at least 3 stones that had been dislodged and pushed aside by the wheels
of the tractor. I don't know if there is a procedure for reporting such
damage, or even if the farmer is liable for such damage. I have never, in my 12 year...
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Log Text: The small stones which largely make up Burford Down Stone Row are not visually impressive but the length of the stone row is extensive. It was interesting to investigate gaps in the row for buried stones.
Burford Down Cairn Circle
Date Added: 9th Jun 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Burford Down Stone Row submitted by Tom_Bullock on 9th Jul 2002. The Burford Down stone row, one of the finest in
Dartmoor, shows evidence of recent damage by whatever farmer is running
huge tractors across the fields. S(he) has been driving right through
the rows (perpendicular to them) along several tracks. I saw evidence of
at least 3 stones that had been dislodged and pushed aside by the wheels
of the tractor. I don't know if there is a procedure for reporting such
damage, or even if the farmer is liable for such damage. I have never, in my 12 year...
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Log Text: Burford Down Cairn Circle is partially hidden by gorse but the two upright kerb stones identified it as an ancient site. In the middle of the cairn there is an open chamber with one lining stone remaining.
Hound Tor Ring Cairn
Date Added: 17th Sep 2022
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hound Tor Ring Cairn submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Oct 2009. Hound Tor Ring Cairn, with Hound Tor in the background.
29 September 2009
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Log Text: Hound Tor Kerb Cairn is easily visited at the foot of Hound Tor. The kerb cairn has a continuous kerb from N Arc to S Arc. The central cist has been exposed. The interior of the cairn has been entirely robbed of stones except for S & W Cist Stones.
Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village
Date Added: 19th Sep 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village submitted by markj99 on 19th Sep 2022. High Street of Hound Tor Medieval Village viewed from WSW.
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Log Text: Hound Tor Medieval Village lies SE of Hound Tor. The footprints of the buildings are well preserved however the layout is somewhat confusing. There are four longhouses surrounded by ancillary houses and barns.
Seven Lords' Lands
Date Added: 19th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Seven Lords' Lands submitted by AngieLake on 31st May 2010. Looking towards Rippon Tor from the now tidied-up Seven Lords Lands Cairn.
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Log Text: I love an unexpected cairn. On the way back from Hound Tor Medieval Village I noticed this cairn next to the road with a convenient car park. Bonus!
Hound Tor Enclosure
Date Added: 19th Sep 2022
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hound Tor Enclosure submitted by Andy B on 3rd Jul 2011. Hound Tor
From this angle, taken a little way into the moorland from Swallerton Gate, SX7479 : Hound Tor falls into three main stacks.
Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Hound Tor impressive outcrops form a natural enclosure. It is easy to see why ancient people would choose this elevated location as a defensive location.
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.
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.
Merrivale Centre Row
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Merrivale Centre Row submitted by Antonine on 31st May 2022. 2008
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Log Text: It is always surprising to me when I encounter long stone rows in moorland. This particular one has significant termini and a central cairn. The stones are relatively small but two out of three ain't bad!
Merrivale Cists
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Merrivale Cists submitted by ernar on 13th Oct 2004. Burial Cist with a fragmented capstone. The main Merrivale Stone row can be seen behind it.
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Log Text: The cist located S of the double stone rows has a very large split capstone. The cist was filled with water on my visit.
Merrivale North Row
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Merrivale North Row submitted by stewart on 12th Oct 2003. Grid Ref SX 555 747
There are two, main, rows at Merrivale - North and South.
The north row consists of two lines of stones, aligned east -west and nearly 200m long.
However, the two lines of stones are only about 1m apart so you can only just walk between them. It has larger stones at the west end and a blocking stone at the east.
The southern row doesn't start or finish on the same alignment, is not parallel to the northern one and was, probably, not built at the same time.
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Log Text: If this was the only stone row row in the area, I would be most impressed by it. However, its southern neighbour is longer, has higher stones and a bonus central cairn.
Merrivale Centre N
Date Added: 14th Nov 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Merrivale Centre N submitted by bec-zog on 19th Nov 2003. Cyst (3) @ the Merrivale complex
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Log Text: The central position of this cairn in a stone row has generated more discussion than is justified by its relatively small scale.
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.