https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/2500191 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/2500191 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:20:22 +0000 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:20:22 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52707392 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52707392 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:44:27 +0000 2024-07-01T15:13:22+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52707392"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/92/52707392.375090ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52707392"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/92/52707392.375090ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706942 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706942 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:19:34 +0000 2024-07-01T14:01:20+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706942"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/42/52706942.01848333.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="130" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706942"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/42/52706942.01848333.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="130" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706928 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706928 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:12:50 +0000 2024-07-01T13:51:36+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706928"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/28/52706928.2de39113.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706928"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/28/52706928.2de39113.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706926 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706926 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:03:17 +0000 2024-07-01T13:59:13+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/26/52706926.23902f33.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="146" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/26/52706926.23902f33.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="146" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706918 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706918 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:53:35 +0000 2024-07-01T13:46:04+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706918"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/18/52706918.0ebf83c5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706918"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/18/52706918.0ebf83c5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706916 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706916 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:40:42 +0000 2024-07-01T13:34:53+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706916"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/16/52706916.36ea1bc1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="145" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706916"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/16/52706916.36ea1bc1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="145" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706910 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-27,doc-52706910 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:29:54 +0000 2024-07-01T13:34:18+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706910"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/10/52706910.f6b16d30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52706910"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/10/52706910.f6b16d30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor.<br /> <br /> The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials.<br /> <br /> The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones.<br /> <br /> The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn.<br /> <br /> To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.</div> Martin M. Miles