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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 134 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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Sites Anne T has logged on trip number: 134 (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 |
| Bennet's Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Bennet's Cross, Devon: Not on our schedule for the day, but as we drove right past this cross, we pulled over in the small car park just to the eastern side of the B3212to take a closer look at this cross and to take some photographs. A slight problem on the morning, as the car park, even before 9.3... Read More |
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| Whittenknowles Rocks | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Whittenknowles Rocks Enclosed Settlement: We parked in the small car park at SX 57880 67316 next to a small stream and a ford. Walking across the road bridge, we dived off across a small stream and walked next to a small wood, entering the moorland and continuing in a southerly direction, following ... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe Brook | Marker Stone | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Brook 'Standing Stone': This stone was between the settlement an the tin works that Sandy showed us and I was hopeful of having spotted another monument on the moors not on today's list of sites to visit.
Not having a grid reference from the camera, we’ve tracked it down to one of ... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe row 1 | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe 1 Stone Row: Having been able to glimpse these stones rows as we walked across the moorland from Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, I couldn’t wait to see these rows at last. But, my goodness, what a richness and complexity of sites all in one small-ish area. I made careful notes thro... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe menhir 1 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Menhir 1: I counted this pillar stone as part of the stone row, although Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks and Pastscape record it separately. I have switched some of my photographs over to this site page. Beautiful stone, and lovely location. | 134 | 5 |
| Drizzlecombe Cist 6 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Giant's Basin Cist (Drizzlecombe Cist 6): This cist was pointed out to me by Dave Parks and Sandy G, but I only seem to have one photograph of it, although I remember standing over it and taking photos from different angles. Perhaps I've got muddled up with all the other wonderful stone settings and... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe row 2 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe 2: Having three stone rows, their cairns, cists and longstones all in a very close proximity was quite stunning. As we walked up and down this row with Sandy G and the rest of the Intrepid Dartmoor Expedition Group, I was barely able to take it all in - so much to see and understand.
... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe menhir 2 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Menhir 2: I took this to be an integral part of Drizzlecombe Stone Row 2, so have moved a couple of my photos over to this site page. | 134 | 7 |
| Drizzlecombe cairn 2 | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cairn 2: After a most satisfactory and pleasant morning, we sat at the edges of the cairns heading up rows 2 and 3 and had a quick lunch break. It really is an amazing spot, and so pleased to have visited, although correctly cataloguing my photos to the right site proved a little challe... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe cairn 3 | Ring Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cairn 3: cairn at the head of Drizzlecombe Stone Row 3. The stone row is just offset from the centre of the cairn. Butler, in his "Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, page 138, says: "the third row descends from cairn 3 surrounded by an outer ring of slabs 8.6m across mostly in contact with... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe row 3 | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Stone Row 3: The last of the stone rows we visited today (although there was to be a minor, minor surprise at Yellowmead to end the afternoon). This surprising row, the same length as Row 1, and bends in the middle (it’s not straight).
We split the visit to this row into two; th... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe menhir 3 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Menhir 3: Again, I took this to be an integral part of Drizzlecombe Stone Row 3, so I've swapped some of my photos to this site page. I've duplicated the trip/order number with row 3 to match my walk/photo journal. | 134 | 10 |
| Drizzlecombe cairn 4 | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cairn 4: I took photographs of all three cairns in a row, then one at a time. My notes indicate this is Drizzlecombe Cairn 4. This is the most northerly of the three cairns at the head of rows 2 and 3, but this cairn does not have a row descending from it. | 134 | 11 |
| Drizzlecombe cairn 13 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cairn 13: Leaving the stone rows behind, we walked up slope and to the WNW. This is a beautiful example of a cairn with central cist. What is very noticeable about this cist is that the stones making up two of the sides projects outside the other two ends. Looking at the Butler diagram ... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe W row | Stone Row / Alignment | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Drizzlecombe West Stone Row: Whilst Sandy G had our group here, he asked us all to help him have a look for this elusive stone row, and we were happy to help, which mentioned in Burl but not in Butler (I haven’t been able to find the mention in Burl, yet).
The others in the group had a far keen... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe Cairn 18 | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cairn 18: An enormous cairn, which rivals the Giant's Basin in size, so why there is so little information about it, I'm not sure. I managed to clamber up to the top of the cairn and have a look inside, where there is a hollow where it has been excavated. Built almost on top of one of t... Read More |
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| Roman Cross (Sheepstor) | Ancient Cross | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Roman Cross, Sheepstor: After having been to Whittenknowles, Drizzlecomb & Yellowmead, we drove back through Sheepstor and I asked to be able to stop and photograph this cross, which I'd seen on the way, just outside St. Leonard’s Church in Sheepstor village.
The cross has been restored, and al... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe Settlement | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Settlements: After the stone rows, we move up-slope to try and find row 4. Whilst the rest of the group helped Sandy G identify possible stones in this row, I wandered over to Butler's Cairn 18, photographing what looked like some hut circles embedded in the turf. Arriving at Cairn 18,... Read More |
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| Standing Stone Near Cairn at Head of Drizzlecombe Row 4 | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe West Standing Stone: Whilst Sandy and the rest of the intrepid "Dartmoor Expedition" were searching lower down the slope for the enigmatic and mysterious Drizzlecome West Stone Row, I'd wandered up slope, stopping at this stone and looking at the nearby cairn. Failing to attract the at... Read More |
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| St Leonard's Well (Sheepstor) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 3 | 5 | St Leonard's Holy Well, Sheepstor: I spotted this well as we were driving down to the car park near Whittenknowles and we stopped to photograph it on the way back.
The sunshine was really, really bright coming over the wall, so the few photos I took worked out best looking at the well from an ang... Read More |
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| Drizzlecombe cist 22 | Cist | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Drizzlecombe Cist 22: This was an ‘added on extra’ as it was only an additional 100m, and if we took a short detour to cross the leat, was on our way anyway. Located in the valley, north of the river, this would have been a pleasant, peaceful spot, within sight of the stone rows. | 134 | 17 |
| Yellowmead | Stone Circle | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Yellowmead Fourfold Stone Circle: This stone circle has long been on my wish-list, but I thought I’d never be able to see it, because access was described as being difficult.
Fortunately, Dave Parks and Sandy G had been here before and knew the pitfalls, selecting the right route for us. We we... Read More |
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| Yellowmead row | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Yellomead Stone Row: Without Sandy G and Dave P I would not have known this stone row was here at all. Dave and Gordon F disappeared into the long grass towards the south/south west of the circle to see if they could find any more stones. I focussed on trying to understand what I was seeing nearer... Read More |
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| Yellowmead cairn | Cairn | England | Devon | Visited | 15th May 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Yellowmead Cairn: Whilst we started walking back to the car park, trying a different path mown through the grass, first running uphill then eastwards then south, we passed this cairn and stopped to take a closer look.
Whilst we were doing this, someone mentioned that the photo of the stone row on... Read More |
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