Merrivale 5 Stone Row
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55354 74592
OS Source: SRGB
HER: MDV53398
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 5
PMD: Merrivale Menhir II
Alternate name: Merrivale 5
Short Name: SR:Merrivale 5
Butler map: 44.8
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PMD
Hut Class: No
Dimensions (m): 5.6
Lidar: SX 55354 74592
Guide Map: 33
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (1.0 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 55354 74592
Notes
HER: Possible stone alignment lying to the south-west of the standing stone at Merrivale. Stones are small and identification uncertain. Gerrard: Cluster of small earthfast upright granite slabs. This feature lies within 9.0 meters west of the standing stone (PRN 53395) and includes a number of stones protruding through the turf, the largest of which stands up to 0.35 meters high. The precise nature of the feature associated with these stones is uncertain because most of it survives as a buried feature, but they may represent the site of a second cairn identified in this area by Rowe or may represent part of a stone alignment. Butler: A small slab can be seen approximately 5.5m from the standing stone which seems to have been deliberately set and Butler makes reference to the 'tops of several more which can be seen in one or two lines' between that and the standing stone, although he does not plot these stones on his plan.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)