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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 133 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 133 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Merrivale settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement: This was our first stop of the day as part of a three day guided tour by Sandy G, who certainly knew his way around this site, and all the others in this Bronze Age complex.
We parked in the small car park at SX 55311 75018 and, having introduced ourselves to the... Read More |
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| Merrivale North Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale North Row (Merrivale 1): Between the prehistoric settlement and the first of our stone rows for the day, Sandy G had stopped to point out some of the stones of the Great Western Reave.
Continuing on, these stones could be seen from down slope at the Prehistoric Settlement, and proved ... Read More |
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| Merrivale Centre N | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale Centre Cairn with Cist: Half way down Merrivale North (Row A or Row 1), we hopped across to row 2 to take a look at the cairn in the middle of the row. Fascinating. Worried about the complexity of recording all these sites in my photo/walk journal, Angie Lake told me about the Butler "Atla... Read More |
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| Merrivale Centre Row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale 2/Merrivale Centre Row: As we progressed further south over the moorland, and not far from Merrivale 1 (the northern-most row) at that, the stone rows kept getting better and better.
The row features a triangular blocking stone at the eastern end and twin blocking stones at the western... Read More |
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| Merrivale Cists | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale Cist: I've seen quite a few cists, largely in Northumberland, and none this large. Impressive. I tried to persuade Janet to get into the cist to model it, but she politely declined (it would have made a nice refuge for the wind).
At this point, Angie got her dowsing rods out and was mea... Read More |
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| Merrivale Centre S | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale Centre S Cairn (cairn at the head of Merrivale 3/C stone row): Thank heavens for Sandy G's Stone Rows of Great Britain and Dave P's Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks websites to help sort out the photos for Merrivale 3and its cairn. This area certainly has a glut of stone rows and cairns, and the... Read More |
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| Merrivale SW row 3 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale Row 3/C: Without Sandy G being there to tell us, I would have struggled to identify this as a stone row in its own right, but with Sandy pointing out where it joining up at an angle with Merrivale 2/B and with the cairn at its head, it became more obvious. The cairn is recorded as a separ... Read More |
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| Merrivale row 4 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale 4 stone row: Without Sandy G and Dave P’s guidance on this, I would probably have looked at these stones and not thought much about them, but in association with the other two short rows (5 and 6), the tall, impressive menhirs and the fallen stone and cairn nearby, it was a jumble to unp... Read More |
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| Merrivale 5 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale 5 stone row: I was getting really 'dazed and confused' about the different stone rows here and what I was photographing, so I asked Sandy, Dave and Andrew to each place a foot on or near each stone of this row! | 133 | 9 |
| Merrivale Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale Menhir: This tall stone made up for the small size of the stones of the stone circle, and I enjoyed visiting here. My goodness, with the three stone rows, the fallen menhirs, the cairn and the pits, it was certainly interesting here. I'd taken my notes for this site with me, but the wind... Read More |
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| Merrivale 6 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale 6 stone row: Only one stone was visible of this row, and thankfully we had Sandy G to point out the location of the row and the only stone of this very short row visible - the western most stone. So many features around the Merrivale Menhir. I'm really glad we had our guide for the day, an... Read More |
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| Merrivale Second Menhir and Cairn | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Merrivale Second Menhir, pit and cairn: All these monuments were so close together, it was a bit mind-boggling. I made sure I wrote down the monuments and the photo numbers so I didn't mix them up when I processed the photos later (the wind was still gusting strongly so we didn't get my folder with... Read More |
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| Merrivale circle | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Merrivale Stone Circle: Will you forgive me for saying I wasn't hugely impressed by this stone circle. For some reason I was expecting the stones to be larger and for it to sit more dramatically in the landscape.
On walking to the circle from the western end of Row 2, we came across an impressiv... Read More |
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| Leeden Tor | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Leeden Tor Stone Row: It was now the afternoon of 14th May. Having driven from Merrivale to the small car park nearest this site at SX 56725 71397, we had 10-15 minutes to spare before everyone arrived. In the meantime, Sandy led us up the hill to look at this stone row. By this time the wind was h... Read More |
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| Black Tor (Meavy) | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Stanlake Stone Row (aka Black Tor): Our second stop of the afternoon, and our hope was that as we crossed the road and descended from the slopes that we'd be more sheltered from the wind. Not a chance! However, this did not spoil my enjoyment of the next few sites.
From the Leeden Tor stone row,... Read More |
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| Black Tor Stone Row Cairns (Stanlake) | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Black Tor, cairns at south-western end of the stone row: These cairns lie just to the south western end of the stone row, to the south of the field boundary containing the northern side of the stone row and just to the west of another field boundary which runs NNW-SSE. Whilst I vaguely recognised th... Read More |
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| Stanlake Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 14th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Stanlake Prehistoric Settlement: Walking down slope from the western end of the stone row, we soon came upon a very interesting, complex and intriguing mix of hut circles, dry stone walls and other features. I lagged behind the group a little, trying to determine what I was seeing as I saw it, but ... Read More |
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