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Merrivale 5
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
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: Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a relatively short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the stone circle a short distance to the north of the row. The row is easiest found by walking towards the large standing stone situated close by.
Merrivale circle
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale circle submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. View from south (19th October 2014).
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Merrivale SW row 3
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale SW row 3 submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. Row in the foreground with southern row behind (24th March 2013).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the well preserved Bronze Age settlement a short distance to the north of the row.
Merrivale Cists
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale Cists submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. View from above and south west (18th October 2014).
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Merrivale Centre N
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale Centre N submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. View from west and above (18th October 2014).
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Merrivale Centre Row
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale Centre Row submitted by SandyG on 19th Feb 2015. View along the row from the west (24th March 2013).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the well preserved Bronze Age settlement a short distance to the north of the row.
Merrivale NE circle
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale NE circle submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. Circle at the end of the northern row. View from west (18th October 2014).
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Merrivale North Row
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merrivale North Row submitted by SandyG on 15th Feb 2015. Eastern end of the northern row with the southern row in the background. View from west (19th October 2014).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 55313 75017 or SX 56050 74895. The row is a short walk away from either car park. It is worth having a look at the well preserved Bronze Age settlement a short distance to the north of the row.
Laughter Tor row 1
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Laughter Tor Longstone submitted by SandyG on 6th Oct 2014. Longstone at the upper end of the long row. View from north. The short row a short distance west of this stone is hidden in thick heather and we will need to wait for swaling for a photo opportunity.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 64577 74591. From here take the bridleway north westward for about 900m. Take the path towards the tall stone at the upper end of the row. The Laughter Tor 2 row is situated very close to the upper end of Laughter Tor 1 row and depending on vegetation conditions may be visible.
Carneglos row
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Carneglos row submitted by SandyG on 17th Jan 2018. View from above and north west (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SX 19909 78177. From here follow the footpath south to the row. A map showing the footpath will be required.
East Moor stone row
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
East Moor stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2010. When visiting East Moor stone row on Sunday 23 May, I found the row easily without resorting to my new GPS.
While part way walking along the row, which I thought would be recorded as a part of my track, an idea came to me. My new toy could be used to record each stone as I found it by making a waypoint.
Now its just a case of figuring out what to do with all the data. Here is a first attempt to show the results by simply reading the data into Google Earth.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SX 22112 78933. From here walk east and enter the moorland through a gate. Follow the track to SX 22205 78692 and then head up the hill towards the row. A map is recommended.
Lakehead Hill
Date Added: 17th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Lakehead Hill submitted by SandyG on 5th Oct 2014. Stone row leading to a substantial restored cist which was originally within a cairn surrounded by a substantial kerb. In common with many rows this one is sinuous in character. View from east.
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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 for just over 100m to the row.
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.
Higher White Tor stone row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Higher White Tor stone row submitted by cazzyjane on 9th Jan 2013. Higher White Tor Stone row. Looking down towards Longaford Tor.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 63757 77614. From here head a short distance along the B3212 towards Postbridge before crossing the road to join the Lychway. Follow the Lychway to SX 61805 77646 and then head towards Higher White Tor.
Leskernick cairn
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Leskernick cairn submitted by theCaptain on 27th Oct 2012. Looking westwards towards the cairn from the tin worked stream.
A couple of stones from the stone row can be seen
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Leskernick Hill Row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Leskernick Hill Row submitted by thecaptain on 9th Oct 2008. The three fairly large flat slabs at the western end.
View here looking east along the stone row, one of which can clearly be seen.
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Log Text: I had the great fortune of being shown around the row by Roy Goutté and some members of the TimeSeekers Clearance Group, who were responsible for revealing many of the stones. I would like to thank them for their hospitality and sharing their considerable knowledge of the site. It was a pleasure to meet such interesting people.
This row has recently been partially cleared and recorded by the TimeSeekers Clearance Group led by Roy Goutté who found previously unrecorded stones and a possible cist. This work also revealed a visual treat which is certainly worth mentioning. Along the entire length of the row until the western end is reached at a point they call The Terminal, Brown Gelly complete with cairn on top is completely invisible. However, at the Terminal the cairn at the top of Brown Gelly is suddenly revealed though the hill itself remains hidden from view (Goutté, 2016, 3) Another example of a very precise visual relationship between a row and its landscape. The cumulative evidence for these visual links illustrates that the stone rows were carefully placed within the landscape to acknowledge and celebrate them. Goutté notes a second visual link available from The Terminal. At this point he notes that Brown Willy is perfectly framed in the saddle of rising ground” (Goutté, 2016, 2). This is reminiscent of the view available from the lower end of the Yar Tor stone alignment on Dartmoor.
In common with all the longer rows this alignment is far from straight and Goutté has identified a point close to the tinners’ gully where the orientation of the row shifts. This point may have been of particular significance to the row builders or may indicate an extension to the original row.
Limited parking is available at SX 20389 80372. From here follow the path westward to the row.
The Langstone
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
The Langstone submitted by SandyG on 5th Oct 2014. Western face complete with bullet holes.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This one is a bit of slog, pretty much all uphill for over 3kms. The row is situated just inside the Merrivale military live firing range and it is important that you check that there is no firing and that the range is open for visitors. It’s a long way to go to find you can’t visit.
Langstone Moor stone row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Langstone Moor stone row submitted by SandyG on 5th Oct 2014. A sinuous line of small stones heading straight for the impressive terminal stone. View from north.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This one is a bit of slog, pretty much all uphill for over 3kms. The row is situated just inside the Merrivale military live firing range and it is important that you check that there is no firing and that the range is open for visitors. It’s a long way to go to find you can’t visit.
Conies Down
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 1
Conies Down submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Conies Down Stone Row @ SX58597905 looking north
This row runs almost NS actual azimuth 10 deg. It is 172m long, difficult to find as the stones are small & only about 22 remain standing. The row runs slightly uphill to to a low mound possibly the remains of a burial - no
finds.
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Log Text: This stone row stands within the Merrivale military live firing range and it is important that you check that there is no firing and that the range is open for visitors before you set off. It can be reached either from the west or south. If approaching from the west, car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This is a bit of slog but has the advantage of passing the stone row at Langstone Moor. Alternatively, access from the south is much easier although there is no path. Car parking is available at SX 59145 76462 and from here you should head due north across Black Dunghill before crossing Conies Down Water.
A series of landmark reveals and other visual links to the surrounding landscape have been identified at Conies Down. These centre around a group of tors to the south west, but North Hessary Tor to the south and Conies Down Tor feature in what are a particularly interesting series of visual treats. The row itself is not remarkable but the way in which it seemingly relates to the surrounding landscape is.
Trendlebere Down
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trendlebere Down submitted by AngieLake on 10th Aug 2010. First view of Trendlebere Down stone row on approach from the road. Orientated N-S, the south end is to far right here.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 76661 79035. From the car parking area walk northward along the road verge for about 200m . The row is a short distance below (north) of the road.