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Trowlesworthy Stone Row East (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

This row is part of a complex that includes a circle and a second row just to the west. Trowlesworthy east is a double row with a separation of about 1.4m. It joins the circle at the SE and runs away S...

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Trowlesworthy Stone Row West (Image by stewartb)

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Trowlesworthy Stone Row West: Liminae

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Trowlesworthy Stone Row West (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

This row is part of a complex that includes a circle and a second row just to the east. It runs for 78m and was originally a double row but has been robbed out to such an extent that it is now a...

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Fernworthy stone row (North) (Image by stewartb)

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Fernworthy stone row (North) (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

Excavation of stone rows on Dartmoor has shown that they were normally built in woodland clearings that had previously been used for agriculture. Although the trees surrounding Fernworthy are part of a...

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Fernworthy stone row (North): Liminae

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Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row (Image by stewartb)

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Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

This is a wonderful setting consisting of a cairn circle and a stone row. The circle itself is around 13m in diameter and has 11 stones. It was re-erected in 1909 and some of the stones may not be...

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Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row: Liminae

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Pewsey (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

On the bank of the river in Pewsey you'll find these standing stones. There is a local story of a destroyed stone circle at Pewsey and it may be that these stones, along with the ones built into the...

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Pewsey Church (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

The back wall of Pewsey church sits on what appear to be worked, megalithic, stones. There is a local story of a destroyed stone circle at Pewsey and it may be that these stones, along with the...

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Bratton Castle & Westbury White Horse (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

The White Horse, as we see it today, only dates from the 19th century but there are local legends that it was cut over an earlier horse facing in the opposite direction. The are above the horse in...

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Hetty Pegler's Tump (Image by stewartb)

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Broch of Gurness (Image by stewartb)

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Broch of Gurness (Fieldnotes by stewartb)

When the Vikings arrived here they didn't rebuild but they did bury some of their people. They seem to have respected this site, even though it hadn't been inhabited for many hundreds of years.Read More

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Broch of Gurness: Liminae

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