
What is recorded here
Stone row, Merrivale, Dartmoor is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Merrivale stone row on Dartmoor is thought to have had ceremonial or ritual significance, possibly aligned with astronomical events. Such stone rows are often associated with funerary or territorial markers in the wider context of prehistoric Dartmoor.
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Places near here
Merrivale Stone Row (East)Archaeological place · 32 yd
Stone Row, MerrivaleAncient stone or rock art · 49 yd
Merrivale BridgeListed building · 594 yd
King's TorMountain / peak · 1030 yd
Vixen TorMountain / peak · 1502 yd
Windy PostWayside cross · 1.3 mi
Dartmoor Prison MuseumMuseum · 1.9 mi
Waterfall on the MeavyWaterfall · 2.3 mi
Stephen's GraveMonument · 2.4 mi
Devonport Leat - waterfall and aqueductWaterfall · 2.4 mi
Raddick PlantationForest · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0