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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 Cairn SW
Date Added: 29th Sep 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2014
Fernworthy Cairn SW submitted by SandyG on 28th Sep 2014. Cairn with kerb and nearby stone rows. View from north.
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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.
Fernworthy Cairn SE
Date Added: 29th Sep 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2014
Fernworthy Cairn SE submitted by SandyG on 28th Sep 2014. Two sides of the cist which contained large quantities of burnt bone.
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Fernworthy circle
Date Added: 30th Sep 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Sep 2014
Fernworthy circle submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. The stone circle forms the centre piece of a very interesting complex of ritual monuments. The scale is 1m high. View from south east.
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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.
Glasscombe Ball North
Date Added: 29th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Glasscombe Ball North submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. A line of prostrate granite slabs protruding through dead molinia does not offer a great photographic opportunity. One day I will return with my pole and see if I can improve on this offering. The fact that no stones remain standing strongly supports the idea that they have been deliberately felled. View from the north east with the terminal cairn on the skyline.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east to SX 65769 59963 where the track of a disused railway line is encountered. Follow this north to SX 65716 60429. The row is situated close to this point. A visit to this row should be combined with others in the vicinity.
Glasscombe Ball NE
Date Added: 28th Jan 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Glasscombe Corner Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 29th Sep 2014. View from the north east along the row.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64338 59550. Follow the bridleway heading east to SX 65769 59963 where the track of a disused railway line is encountered. Follow this north to SX 65716 60429. The row is situated 420m north east of this point. A visit to this row should be combined with others in the vicinity.
Hart Tor north rows
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hart Tor north rows submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Plan of Hart Tor stone rows and cairns published by Sir J.G. Wilkinson in 1862.
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Log Text: Roadside car parking is available at SX 56985 71765. From here the row can be reached across open moorland. The row is situated about 600m to the east. The River Meavy needs to be crossed and it is usually possible to do this via a very narrow “footbridge”.
Hart Tor south row
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hart Tor south row submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Single row leading downslope from the cairn. View from west.
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Log Text: Roadside car parking is available at SX 56985 71765. From here the row can be reached across open moorland. The row is situated about 600m to the east. The River Meavy needs to be crossed and it is usually possible to do this via a very narrow “footbridge”.
Hart Tor North circle
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hart Tor North circle submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Kerbed cairn at the top of the double row at Hart Tor. The row leads towards the bottom right of the photograph. View from north west.
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Log Text: Roadside car parking is available at SX 56985 71765. From here the cairn can be reached across open moorland. The cairn is situated about 600m to the east and is situated at the upper end of the double stone row. The River Meavy needs to be crossed and it is usually possible to do this via a very narrow “footbridge”.
Raddick Hill North
Date Added: 4th Oct 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2014
Raddick Hill North submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Enclosure boundary and stone round houses at Raddick Hill North. View from north west.
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Down Tor circle
Date Added: 5th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Down Tor circle submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Stone circle and cairn at the south western end of the row. View from south. The cairn stands within the circle and its edge at no point reaches the circle of stones.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 56873 69307. From here walk along the track towards Middleworth. At SX 57478 69041 head up the hill towards Down Tor. Before reaching the top turn and walk east to the row. Well worth the effort.
Down Tor stone row
Date Added: 19th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Down Tor stone row submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. The row is far from straight. The length nearest the stone circle is sinuous in character. View along the row from the north east.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 56873 69307. From here walk along the track towards Middleworth. At SX 57478 69041 head up the hill towards Down Tor. Before reaching the top turn and walk east to the row. Well worth the effort.
Lakehead Hill W
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Lakehead Hill W submitted by simonsworn on 3rd Apr 2005. From the eastern end of the row, facing west
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64611 78719. From here enter the forest via a kissing gate and head south uphill along the forest track to SX 64632 77600. Turn right and follow the footpath. After 100m you will reach the Lakehead Hill, East row. After visiting this row cross the western stile and walk for about 100m north west.
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.
Holne Moor
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Holne Moor submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. This alignment is no less important because only small stones were selected by its builders. Visually it is certainly less spectacular but despite this it provides tangible evidence of prehistoric ritual. View from north west.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67544 71401. From here head south across the open moorland for about 400m.
Holne Ridge NE
Date Added: 18th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Holne Ridge NE submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Double stone row leading towards the cairn. View from west.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67544 71401. From here head south west across the open moorland for about 850m.
Horn's Cross
Date Added: 27th Dec 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2014
Horn's Cross submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Horn's Cross has been heavily restored. The original socket stone supports a crude modern shaft to which the original head and arms have been attached by an iron band. The shaft bears traces of tare and feather working indicating that it was produced sometime after 1800. View from north east.
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Holne Ridge 7
Date Added: 27th Dec 2014
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2014
Holne Ridge 5 submitted by SandyG on 4th Oct 2014. Cairn 5. View from south west.
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