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Stone alignments on Sharpitor
Walkhampton, Yelverton, Devon
Grid ref: SX 5591 7066
- Period: Late Neolithic to Bronze Age (Dartmoor's stone rows are generally dated to around 2500 BC)
- Status: Two scheduled monuments (Historic England entries listed below)
A stone alignment is a row of upright stones, single or in pairs, usually leading to a cairn. North-west of Sharpitor, above the Walkham valley, two roughly parallel rows (one in pairs, with 41 visible stones, and one of single stones) lead from a round cairn. In the valley between Sharpitor and Leeden Tor a shorter double row, 26 m long, runs east from a flat-topped cairn, with a second cairn and a length of the Walkhampton Common reave.
The two scheduled monuments
| Historic England entry | Grid reference | What survives |
|---|---|---|
| 1007422 | SX 55724 70632 | Two roughly parallel stone rows ending at a round cairn 7.4 m across and 0.4 m high with a hollow on its eastern side; the double row has 41 visible stones. |
| 1007433 | SX 56102 70672 | A double row 26 m long with nine stones (three pairs) running east from a 7 m cairn, with a second cairn and a length of the Walkhampton Common reave. |
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