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Merrivale NE circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2004
Merrivale NE circle submitted by thecaptain on 1st Nov 2004. At the eastern end of the Merrivale northern double row is the remains of a cairn with a surrounding stone circle.
These stones can be seen here, along with the large stones at the end of the rows extending away from the circle in this view looking west.
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Merrivale North Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2004
Merrivale North Row submitted by thecaptain on 1st Nov 2004. Roughly in the middle of the Merrivale northern double row can be seen a few stones which may or may not have gone to make up a circle or other structure, perhaps in a similar manner to the cairn and circle in the southern avenue, not more than a few yards away from here.
This is a view looking east along the northern rows, and some extra stones can be seen here.
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Merrivale Cists
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2004
Merrivale Cists submitted by thecaptain on 1st Nov 2004. View loking north at the large cist with its broken capstone, just to the south of the Merrivale central avenue. The capstone has been split by stoneworkers a couple of centuries ago, with the middle part of it taken away for some other use, leaving us a view into the stone lined cist below.
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Merrivale NW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2004
Merrivale NW submitted by thecaptain on 6th Nov 2004. Just to the south of the western end of the Merrivale southern avenue are the remains of a once large cairn with retaining circle.
The stones from this cairn were removed in 1851 to mend the road, leaving just a circle of uneven ground, with a few slabs remaining in an outer bank.
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Merrivale circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2004
Merrivale circle submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2004. the small stones of Merrivale stone circle poking up above the skyline beyond the great menhir.
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Grim’s Grave
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2006
Grim’s Grave submitted by thecaptain on 27th Jul 2006. What a lovely find this is, miles from anywhere across the middle of Southern Dartmoor, and well worth a visit.
This cairn is surrounded by 9 large upright slabs making a full circle, some of which are over a metre in height. In the centre is a large rectangular kist, about 1.5 by 1 metre, and almost 1 metre deep
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The Heath Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
The Heath Stone submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. The Heath Stone can be found not far from the road on the way to Fernworthy Reservoir, on the open moor just before you get to the forest.
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Dry Lake North Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
Dry Lake North Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. Fairly well preserved ancient settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley, consisting of several large walled enclosures, each containing several huts.
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Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2006
Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2006. Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement is a well preserved bronze age settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley.
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Crock of Gold
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2006
Crock of Gold submitted by thecaptain on 1st Aug 2006. The Crock of Gold is a fine cairn and cist which can be found just to the south of the track which runs east from Princetown as part of the Dartmoor way, and is named no doubt after a lucky find here by somebody in the past.
This is the view looking northeast.
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Bennet's Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Bennet's Cross submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. This is a lovely cross, believed to have been carved from a prehistoric menhir.
It stands about 1.7 metres tall, and is just beside the B3212 road near its high point as it crosses the moor between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge.
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Royal Hill Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2006
Royal Hill Cairns (SX621723) submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. Royal Hill Cairn 4
In the centre is a large cist, about 1 metre square, with its capstone displaced to the edge of the cairn.
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Ranny Brookhead Cist
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2006
Ranny Brookhead Cist submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Aug 2006. Ranny Brookhead cist is in the middle of a featureless bit of moor near the bottom of the dip between Stall Moor and Stalldown Barrow, in amongst the damp ground surrounding the Ranny Brook.
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Hurston Ridge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2006
Hurston Ridge submitted by thecaptain on 11th Aug 2006. The top half of the lovely Hurston Ridge double stone row.
Viewed here looking towards the southeast.
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Hook Lake Settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2006
Hook Lake Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 13th Aug 2006. Well preserved ancient settlement on the eastern flanks of the Erme valley, consisting of two large walled enclosures, the one to the north a circular shape, with a sort of triangular one to the south. Each enclosure contains several huts.
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Stall Moor circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2006
Stall Moor circle submitted by thecaptain on 14th Aug 2006. Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle, seen here looking south, with the southern end of the longest known prehistoric stone row (more than 3 km in length) leading to it in the foreground.
In the distance of the picture is Stalldown Barrow hill, with the wonderful Stalldon Row marching over its summit, which can be seen clearly in real life.
The river Erme valley is to the left of the picture.
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Upper Erme Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2006
Upper Erme Row submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Aug 2006. At the southern end, the row starts at the 16 metre diameter Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle.
From here the row runs northwards, with the stones generally about half a metre tall above the modern turf, and spaced at intervals of about 1.5 to 2 metres. The grass around these stones is in July very long, and many of the stones are very difficult to see, but the path of the row is clearly seen by the darker shade of the grass surrounding them, and also for the path which runs alongside.
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Upper Erme Cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006
Upper Erme Cairns submitted by thecaptain on 28th Aug 2006. Upper Erme Cairn 2 is a large cairn just upslope from the stone row about half a kilometre from the southern end. It is about 15 metres in diameter, and still well over a metre high.
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Childe’s Tomb
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2006
Childe’s Tomb submitted by thecaptain on 28th Aug 2006. Childe’s Tomb, viewed looking north east.
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Stalldon Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2006
Stalldon Row submitted by thecaptain on 1st Sep 2006. Myself stood beside the northern stones of Stalldon Row in order to give some scale.
These stones on the top of the hill can be seen from miles away, and look like some lonely hikers at first, until you realise thay are not moving.
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