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Merrivale Stone Row (East)

Grid ref: SX 5545 7480

Merrivale's eastern stone row stretches across the high moor in a line of granite blocks, weathered by millennia but still commanding the landscape. Walking alongside these Bronze Age markers, you're treading the same routes as people who raised them 3,500 years ago—their intentions lost, their stones enduring.

The site sits among typical moorland: bilberry, heather, and wind-scoured grass. Standing here, you sense the row's original power—not as a tourist attraction, but as a statement carved into the moor itself. The rows cluster in this area; finding them requires a map and patience, which is exactly what makes them feel genuinely encountered rather than merely visited.

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