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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.
Shovel Down Cairn Row 4
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2015
Shovel Down Cairn Row 4 submitted by SandyG on 31st Jul 2015. Cairn at top of Row 4. View from the east (28th April 2013).
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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 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.
The Longstone (Shovel Down)
Date Added: 4th Aug 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2015
The Longstone (Shovel Down) submitted by SandyG on 1st Aug 2015. The Longstone with Kestor in the background. View from the south west (28th April 2013).
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White Ridge stone row
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
White Ridge stone row submitted by SandyG on 1st Aug 2015. Looking south along the row. (16th May 2015).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 66841 80585. From here take the track leading north and follow to SX 65651 81538. Cross into the newtake and head west for about 250m. The southern part of the row can be reached via a stile.
Hurston Ridge
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Hurston Ridge submitted by SandyG on 2nd Aug 2015. The tallest stone stands at the upper southern end of the row. (16th May 2015).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67576 81091. From here carefully cross the road and head north across open moorland. The row is about 1,300m from the car park. A map or reliable GPS device is highly recomended. Well worth the walk.
Yar Tor NW
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Yar Tor NW submitted by SandyG on 3rd Aug 2015. Three parallel lines of small stone forming the upper end of the triple alignment. View from north west. (14th May 2015).
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Log Text: Car parking is available close to the row at SX 68224 73870. From here walk a short distance west.
Money Pit cairn
Date Added: 6th Aug 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2015
Money Pit cairn submitted by SandyG on 4th Aug 2015. Cairn in the foreground with Yar Tor behind. View from east. (14th May 2015).
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Shaugh Moor Settlement
Date Added: 6th Aug 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2015
Shaugh Moor Settlement submitted by SandyG on 6th Aug 2015. Bronze Age round house at SX 55413 63407. The rocks to the left house form part of a contemporary field boundary. View from the south east. (16th May 2015).
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Corringdon Ball Tomb
Date Added: 6th Aug 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2015
Corringdon Ball Tomb submitted by SandyG on 6th Aug 2015. View from the south east. The long cairn extends northward from the collapsed chamber. (9th June 2013).
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Copplestone Cross
Date Added: 12th Aug 2015
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2015
Copplestone Cross submitted by SandyG on 7th Aug 2015. View from the west around about 1995.
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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.
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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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.
Three Boys
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Three Boys submitted by thecaptain on 15th Oct 2004. Nearly 2 metres long, this fairly large, almost fallen stone was probably once a blocking stone at the southern end of Shovel Down row 6.
Viewed looking northwest with a row 6 stone under the gorsebush
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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.
Yardworthy
Date Added: 14th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Yardworthy submitted by SandyG on 14th Jan 2018. Stone 1. 0.26m long by 0.13m wide and 0.04m high. Orientation 210°.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 67522 84123. From here walk a short distance northward and take the first gate on the left. Please ensure that you leave the gate as you find it. Walk northward up the gentle hill until you reach its summit.
Grimslake Cist
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grimslake Cist submitted by SandyG on 15th Jan 2018. Plan of Grimslake Cist and row. Row stones shown red (Source: Butler, J., 1991, 147).
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Log Text: Visiting this row also offers the opportunity to see the impressive Grimspound prehistoric settlement. Car parking is available at SX 69701 80894. Walk east along the well trodden path up to Grimspound which is defintely worth a good look. Then head north east to visit the row.
Challacombe rows
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe rows submitted by Bladup on 11th Sep 2013. The North end of Challacombe stone rows.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 69539 81377. From here walk south west across the open moorland keeping the fields of Headland Warren Farm to your left. The row is visible from the car parking area.
Hamel Down row
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hamel Down row submitted by Bryan Byng on 19th Oct 2004. Reportedly destroyed, but now back from the dead !
Picture recently received from Brian Byng.
Hameldown alignment or Berry Pound as Butler calls it at SX715801, viewed here looking east.
It is quite a challenge to find widely spaced & only a few stones remain
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 72089 80196. Please ensure that the gate onto the moor is not blocked. From the car parking area take the path leading westward. Do not follow the path leading beside the forestry on your right. This row is best visited during the winter months because it is obscured by bracken in the summer.