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Cudlipptown
Cudlipptown OSGR SX 53 79

Comments

These entries in the record books just say there are no more stone rows in this area!

References 
HER/SMR number 56578 SX 57 NW/219 
NMR number 439900 SX 57 NW 63 

Cox Tor
Cox Tor OSGR SX 5306 7616

Comments
 
Rowe says this is to the NE of White Tor, so presumably means Cock's Hill, and not Cox Tor, and
the reference to "traces of cairns and rows" is perhaps to Conies Down? 
RN Worth may be referring to the same site when he writes "The late drought brought to view .. at least one row
of low stones, the direction of which was practically the same as that on Langstone Moor.". 
"A small cairn, with two circles round it .. has traces of a row.". 
There was no mention of this in the DEC Report of 1898. 

References 
Worth 31. 
S. Rowe A Perambulation of Dartmoor (1896) 217. 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p544; XXX (1898) RDEC 5, p104-6; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p299. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p218. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 83. 

HER/SMR number 12802 SX 57 NW/94 
NMR number 439891 SX 57 NW 60 

Langstone Moor II
Langstone Moor II OSGR SX 5494 7884

Comments
 
RN Worth thought the bank to the W of the Longstone might also be a stone row, though it might just have used stones
​pillaged from the other row. 

References 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p544, XXVI (1894) SRD III, p300, XXVII (1895) RDEC 2, p83. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 30.12. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report  AI/25/2003. p7.
Newman, P Englsih Heritage Survey Report.
Legendary Dartmoor

HER/SMR number 4107 
NMR number 439794 SX 57 NW 24 

A  map of the area can be found at TDA XXXI (1899) RDEC 6, opp p 148. 

Langstone Moor I
Langstone Moor I OSGR SX 5502 7886

Comments
 
Discovered by Baring-Gould 1892. 
Used as target practice by US Army during WWII. 

References 
Worth 30. 
TDA XXV (1893) p172 & SRD II, p543, XXVII (1895) RDEC 2, p83, LXXII (1940) 197, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p299. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p216-8, 270. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 161. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 30.12, V (1997) p213, 225, 241. 
English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report AI/25/2003, p 4. 
Dave Parks row 30:- stone rows, row table, & sites.
Newman, P,  Englsih Heritage Survey Report.
Legendary Dartmoor
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4223 SX 57 NE/18. 
NMR number 439621 SX 57 NE 18 

Photographs of the site can be found at TDA LXXII (1940) Pl IX, RH Worth Dartmoor Pl 60A, Butler V (1997) p230, p253,
& the EH Report. 
Plans of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p77, Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32, & the EH Report. 
Maps of the area can be found at TDA XXXI (1899) RDEC 6, opp p 148, Gerrard (1997) Fig 37, p60, & the EH Report.

Sharpitor W
Sharpitor W OSGR SX 5505 7074

Comments
 
Also known as Horseyeatt. 

References 
Worth 67* 
TDA XCV (1963) p79. 
L.V Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 174, Walkhampton 18. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
R. Robinson & J. Cosford DASP 44 (1986) 168-9. 
Butler III (1994) 45.11. 
Dave Parks row 67:- stone rows, & row table.
Phil Newman Southwest Landscape Investigations p4-5
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 12831 SX 57 SE/118/2 
NMR  number 440234 SX 57 SE 72 

A plan of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p43, and a plan of the upper end, with cairn, at DASP 44 (1986) 168. 

Langstone Moor III
Langstone Moor III OSGR SX 5510 7880

Comments
 
"To the east of the Langstone Moor row there are a few stones in line just above the surface,
which might be the remains of another." 

References 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p544.
Legendary Dartmoor
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

Merrivale Menhir I
Merrivale Menhir I OSGR SX 5537 7457

Comments
 
"Three small stones, equally spaced, immediately south of the menhir." 
Butler says that 5 stones were reported in 1895, but there is no such mention in TDA. No further stoneholes
were found. There are stones, possibly in a double alignment, to the west of the stone. 

References 
TPI VI (1830) 190.
R Burnard Dartmoor Pictorial Records I (1890) I 49-51. 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p541, XXVII (1895) 86 RDEC 2, p86, XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p440, LXXII (1942) p196-7. 
T.A. Falcon Dartmoor Illustrated (1900) xxxii, Pl 76. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) Pl 60. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 44.8.4. 
DNPA/EH Merrivale 2004 (ISBN 0 905981 31 6) 15.
J. Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 59, 105, 107 &109. 
Dave Parks row 75:- stone rows, row table, sites1, & sites2.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain & The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 53397 SX 57 SE/24/4 
NMR number 440047 SX 57 SE 9 

Photographs of the site can be found in Burnard I (1890) opp p49, Falcon Pl 76, TDA LXXII (1940) Pl VII or RH Worth Dartmoor Pl 60, Butler V (1997) p226, Walker (2005) 59, 105, 107 & 109 & Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p29, Gerrard (1997) Fig 19, p35, Walker (2005), p103. & Carnes (2014) p32-7 
A map of the area can be found at Butler III (1994) p24. 
An artists impression of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Pl 6.

Merrivale Menhir II
Merrivale Menhir II OSGR SX 5538 7455

Comments
 
"A few low stones in line ... a possibility." 
No further stone holes were found in 1895, and no mention of this row was made in RDEC 2 or SRD IV. 

References 
Dartmoor Sketches (1870?) p7-8 
TDA
 XXV (1893) SRD II, p541, XXVII (1895) RDEC 2, p86. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) Pl 60. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 22, 29. 
DNPA/EH Merrivale 2004 (ISBN 0 905981 31 6) 15.
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) Pl 6. 
Dave Parks sites1, & sites2.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 53398 SX 57 SE/24/5 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p29 & Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 103. 
A map of the area can be found at Butler III (1994) p24. 
A photograph of the stone when erect can be found at TDA LXXII (1940) Pl VII or RH Worth Dartmoor Pl 60. 
An artists impression of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Pl 6. 

Merrivale C
Merrivale C OSGR SX 5540 7475

Comments
 
Found by Baring Gould in 1895. 

References 
Worth 29.
Dartmoor Sketches (1870?) p7-8 
TDA XXVII (1895) SRD IV, p440, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p298-9. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p215-7, 242, 244. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 156-158. 
J.E. Wood & A. Penny Nature 257 (18/9/1975) 205. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 173. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 44.8.3. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 35. 
DNPA/EH Merrivale 2004 (ISBN 0 905981 31 6) 13. 
Dave Parks row 29:- stone rows, row table, sites1, & sites2.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 5001 SX 57 SE/108 
NMR number 440357 SX 57 SE 115 

Plans of the site can be found at TDA XXVII (1895) p85ff, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p217, TDA LXXVIII (1946) Pl36,
Pettit (1974) p151, Butler III (1994) p28, 29, Gerrard (1997) Fig 19, p35, Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 70 & 103, & Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Photographs of the site may be seen in Carnes (2014) p32-7.
Maps of the area can be found in Nature 257 (18/9/75) p205, and Butler III, p24. 
An artists impression of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Pl 6. 

Merrivale A
Merrivale A OSGR SX 5554 7481

Comments
 
North Row. Length quoted as 792', 590' & 594' in 1892 paper. 
RDEC 2 found no trace of a circle at the E end. 

References 
Worth 27. 
Mrs Bray Borders of Tamar and Tavy. 
TPI VI (1830) 184, 200. 
​Dartmoor Sketches (1870?) p7-8
TDA IV ii (1871) p507; XXIV (1892) SRD I, p395-6; XXVII (1895) RDEC 2, p85ff; LXXIII (1941) p235-6; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p297. 
T.A. Falcon Dartmoor Illustrated (1900) xxxii, Pl 77. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p215-7, 237, 242, 244. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 156-158. 
J.E. Wood & A. Penny Nature 257 (18/9/1975) 205ff. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 44.8.1. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 35. 
J. Walker Dartmoor Magazine 71 (Summer 2003) 22-23. 
DNPA/EH Merrivale 2001 (ISBN 0 905981 31 6) 12-13. 
J. Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 57-78. 
Dave Parks row 27:- stone rows, row table, sites1, & sites2.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 14797 SX 57 SE/136 
NMR number 440056 SX 57 SE 12 

Photographs of the site can be found in Falcon Pl 77, Walker (2003) 22-23; (2005) 57-77 & Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Plans of the site can be found at TDA XXVII (1895) p85ff, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p217, Pettit (1974) p151, Butler III (1994) p25, 32;
V (1997) p245, Gerrard (1997) Fig 19, p35, Walker (2003) 22; (2005) 70 & 103 & Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Maps of the area can be found in Nature 257 (18/9/75) p205, and Butler III, p24. 
An artists impression of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Pl 6. 

Merrivale B
Merrivale B OSGR SX 5557 7478

Comments
 
South Row. Length quoted as 1143', 850' & 750' in 1892 paper. 

References 
Worth 28. 
Mrs Bray "Borders of Tamar and Tavy". 
TPI VI (1830) 184, 200.
​
Dartmoor Sketches (1870?) p7-8
TDA IV ii (1871) p507, XXIV (1892) SRD I, p395-6, XXVII (1895) RDEC 2, p85ff, LXXIII (1941) p235, LXXIII (1941) p235,
LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p298. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p215-7, 237, 242, 244, 245. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 156-158. 
J.E. Wood & A. Penny Nature 257 (18/9/1975) 205ff. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 173. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 44.8.2. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Dartmoor (1997) 35. 
J. Walker Dartmoor Magazine 71 (Summer 2003) 22-23. 
DNPA/EH Merrivale 2004 (ISBN 0 905981 31 6) 12-13. 
J. Walker Dartmoor Sun (2005) 57-78. 
P. Newman The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor (2011) 39. 
Dave Parks row 28:- stone rows, row table, sites1, & sites2.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 14795 SX 57 SE/136 
NMR number 440056 SX 57 SE 12 

Photographs of the site can be seen on the cover of Butler, Vol III, Walker (2003) pp22-23; (2005) 57-77, Newman (2011) p39 & Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Plans of the site can be found at TDA XXVII (1895) p85ff, RH Worth Dartmoor (1953) p217, Pettit (1974) p151, Butler III (1994) p25, 32;
V (1997) p227-8, 245, Gerrard (1997) Fig 19, p35, Walker (2003) 22; (2005) 70 & 103 Carnes (2014) p32-7. 
Maps of the area can be found in Nature 257 (18/9/75) p205, and Butler III, p24. 
An artists impression of the area can be found in Gerrard (1997) Pl 6. 

Sharpitor Summit N.
Sharpitor Summit N. OSGR SX 5566 7061

Comments
 
Goatstone Pool. Terminates short of a barrow, as at Down Tor. Oriented (roughly) on South Hessary Tor.
RN Worth (1894) found no trace of a cairn at the west end - this was noticed shortly before 1946. 

References 
Worth 24. 
TDA XXVI (1894) SRD III, p302; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p296. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p213-4. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 174-5. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 45.12.1.
Dave Parks row 24:- stone rows, & row table.
​Phil Newman Southwest Landscape Investigations p4-5
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 3762 SX 57 SE/27 
NMR number 440167 SX 57 SE 49 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p45, V (1997) p227 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 

Sharpitor Summit S.
Sharpitor Summit S. OSGR SX 5570 7060

Comments
 
Goatstone Pool. RNW considered this the older of the two. 

References 
Worth 25. 
TDA XXVI (1894) SRD III, p302; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p296. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p214. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 174-5. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 45.12.2. 
Dave Parks row 25:- stone rows, & row table.
​Phil Newman Southwest Landscape Investigations p4-5
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 3761 SX 57 SE/26 
NMR number 440366 SX 57 SE 118 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p45 and Gerrard (1997) p32. 

Sharpitor E.
Sharpitor E. OSGR SX 5613 7079

Comments
 
Routrundle Track. 

References 
Worth 26. 
TDA XXXVIII (1906) SRD VII, p535; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p296-7. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) 214-5, 238. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 175, Walkhampton 21a. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 45.13. 
Dave Parks row 26:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4991 SX 56 SE/99. 
NMR number 440158 SX 57 SE 46 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1991) p46 and V (1997) p245. 

Sharpitor NE.
Sharpitor NE.  OSGR SX 5642 7085

Comments
 
Grinsell's Walkhampton 23. "Short stone row 68 descends to S." 
Butler remarks that the blocks are no more artifically arranged than others. 
OS OL28 marks row as connected to Walkhampton 24, further downhill. 

References 
Worth 68* 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 175, Walkhampton 23. 
OS Outdoor Leisure 1991. 
Butler III (1994) 45.13. 

HER/SMR number 3746 
NMR number 440155 SX 57 SE 45 

Leeden Tor
Leeden Tor OSGR SX 5653 7147

Comments
 
Partly hidden in vegetation, running downhill from cairn incorporated into an old wall. 

References 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 45.15. 
Dave Parks row 76:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 50223 SX 57 SE/330 
NMR number 440324 SX 57 SE 104 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p4 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 

Black Tor (Stanlake)

Black Tor (Stanlake) OSGR SX 5721 7155

Comments
 
Incorporated into wall. 

References 
Worth 21. 
TDA XXXV (1903) SRD VI, p426; LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p295. 
R.H Worth Dartmoor (1953) p212-3. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 45.14. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Meavy Valley Archaeology No 4 (1997). 
J. Walker Dartmoor Magazine 89 (Winter 2007) 18-19. 
Dave Parks row 21:- stone rows, & row table. 
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4994 SX 57 SE/102 
NMR number 440127 SX 57 SE 35 

Plans of the site can be found in Butler III (1994) p48-9, Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32 & Walker (2005) 18. 
Photographs of the site may be found in Walker (2007) 18-19. 
A map of the area can be found in TDA XXXV (1903), p427. 

Harter N.

Harter N.  OSGR SX 5770 7171

Comments
 
Cairn has a retaining circle. 

References 
Worth 22. 
TPI VI (1830) 184, 201-2.
TDA IV ii (1871) p505, XXIV (1892) SRD I, p396, LXXIII (1941) p233, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p295. 
T.A. Falcon Dartmoor Illustrated (1900) xxviii, Pl 62. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p213, 236. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 133-4. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 174. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities III (1994) 46.5.1. 
G.A.M. Gerrard Meavy Valley Archaeology Report No 9, and also here. 
Dave Parks row 22:- stone rows, row table, & sites.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4896 SX 57 SE/52. 
NMR number 440118 SX 57 SE 32 

Photographs of the site can be found in Falcon Pl 62, and Butler V (1997) p212. 
Plans of the site can be found in TDA LXXIII (1941) p232, Butler III (1994) p59-60; V (1997) p39 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 
A map of the area can be found at Pettit (1974) p57. 

Harter S.

Harter S.  OSGR SX 5772 7169

Comments
 
Cairn has no retaining circle. 

References 
Worth 23. 
TPI VI (1830) 184, 201-2.
TDA IV ii (1871) 505, XXIV (1892) SRD I, p396, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p295. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p213, 236. 
P. Pettit Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 133-4. 
L.V. Grinsell DASP 36 (1978) 174. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111.
G.A.M. Gerrard Meavy Valley Archaeology Report No 9 and also here. 
Dave Parks row 23:- stone rows, row table, & sites.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4895 SX 57 SE/51. 
NMR number 440118 SX 57 SE 32 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler III (1994) p59-60 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 
A map of the area can be found at Pettit (1974) p57. 

Conies Down

Conies Down  OSGR SX 5859 7907

Comments
 
Possible cairn at higher end. 

References 
Worth 55. 
TDA XXV (1893) SRD II, p543, LXXVIII (1946) SRD I, p312. 
R.H. Worth Dartmoor (1953) p231, 246. 
D.D. Emmett DASP 37 (1979) 111. 
J. Butler Atlas of Antiquities II (1991) 30.11. 
Dave Parks row 55:- stone rows, & row table.
Sandy Gerrard The Great Stone Rows of Britain

HER/SMR number 4592 SX 57 NE/27 
NMR number 439578 

Plans of the site can be found at Butler II (1991) p76 and Gerrard (1997) Fig 16, p32. 

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