Tolborough Tor on Bodmin Moor
At least 10 stone rows are built across the limit of visibility to the landmark or feature that they are aligned on. This is a rare characteristic of stone rows but is unlikely to be a coincidence and forms one part of the often complex visual relationships between stone rows and their landscape.
In common with all the different visual links identified so far it is almost certain that further work will identify additional examples of this type of visual relationship. Please get in touch if you find any that are not recorded here. Some visual links are only observable in perfect conditions and as a result can be easily overlooked. In many instances the visual links were identified only after a second or even more visits.
Map showing the location of stone rows with reveals along the row to a landmark formed by the row being built across the limit of visibility
Most of the rows with this form of visual link are in South West Britain.
At Bancbryn, the upper part of the row is aligned towards Hartland Point and the lower part is not.
At Borgie Bridge, Cnoc Graggie disappears from view at the lower end of the row.
At Careg Lwyd 2, Fan Hir disappears from view at the northern end of the row.
At Conies Down, North Hessary Tor is not visible from the southern length of the row.
At East Moor, the Brown Gelly cairn disappears from view along the central length of the row.
At Lakehead Hill E, Longaford Tor is only visible from the northern end of the row.
Hare Tor is only visible from the northern end of the row at Langstone Moor.
Hollow Tor disappears behind the eastern terminal stone as you walk eastward at Merrivale 5.
At Searle’s Down, the row points towards Brown Willy but it is only visible at the northern end.
At Shaugh Moor, the row points towards Staddon Heights but is visible only from the southern length of the row.
At Tolborough Tor, Rough Tor is only visible from the northern end.
Yar Tor stone row points at Sharp Tor but it is only visible from the southern end.
The Stone Rows of Great Britain 