7. Did you know that ….

The highest stone row is at Cut Hill on Dartmoor.

Cut Hill stone row on Dartmoor includes nine well-spaced large fallen orthostats.

The Cut Hill stone row as well being one of the most recent discoveries is also the highest in Great Britain.  It stands 600m above sea level, nearly 100 metres higher than Conies Down (509m) also on Dartmoor.

Conies Down includes 41 small and medium stones.

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Did you know that….

1. The Upper Erme stone row on Dartmoor includes more stones than the combined total at all 46 Welsh stone rows

2. A third of the stone rows in Great Britain are in the county of Devon.

3. Nearly half of all the stone rows in Great Britain are in South West England.

4. More than half of the stone rows in Great Britain are in National Parks.

5. The stone row in Great Britain with the tallest stones is the Devil’s Arrows at Boroughbridge in Yorkshire.

6. Most multiple stone rows are found in Northern Scotland

6 comments

  1. Neil Mortimer · · Reply

    I haven’t got to Cut Hill yet, Sandy – but soon, with a bit of luck!

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