Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill

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History & significance

Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill is a Bronze Age ritual monument consisting of a linear arrangement of standing stones situated on the upland moors near Dartmoor in Devon. The stone row belongs to the type of ceremonial landscape features characteristic of the Bronze Age period, likely dating to the second millennium BC, when such alignments were constructed across the moorlands of south-western England. The monument forms part of a broader complex of prehistoric features in the vicinity of Five Barrows Hill, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in this region. Such stone rows remain poorly understood in their precise purpose, though they are generally interpreted as having held ceremonial or astronomical significance for the Bronze Age communities who erected them.

Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002648. View the official record →

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