Hurston Ridge

Also known as:
Water Hill
Nearest town:
Ashburton (14km ESE)
OS reference:
SX673824
OS sheet:
191
Latitude:
50° 37' 32.03 N
Longitude:
3° 52' 34.75 W
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Images

Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

Looking up the row from the blocking stone. This double row is similar to the one only a kilometre or so away at Assycombe Hill in that it only has a blocking stone on the right had row looking up hill.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The last stone in in the left side row at the blocking stone end showing what could be the head of an animal.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The face on the last stone of the left side row.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The final stone in the left side row ,looking uphill towards the cairn, showing a head .

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The last few stones in the row and the cairn.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The row looking from the cairn end.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

Some flint scrapers/knives I found near the blocking stone end of the row.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Feb 14, 2005
Image of Hurston Ridge (Stone Row / Alignment) by RedBrickDream

Aaah: A Dartmoor Pony for scale at the lower end of the row

Image credit: Craig Gurney July 2004
RedBrickDream
RedBrickDream Aug 6, 2004

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Hurston Ridge

RedBrickDream
RedBrickDream Jul 30, 2004

24/7/04.

After refuelling at the nearby pub – the third highest in England no less – we set off on the Two Moors Way from Bennet’s Cross to Hurtson Ridge. As so often happens, Mrs RBD and myself wandered off the way-marked path too soon and were soon orientating ourselves alongside the edge of Fernworthy Forest.

“We can’t have missed them?”

“There’s a stone – oh no that’s a sheep”

A brief chat about sheep, greywethers and the guy who bought the double stone circle on the other side of the hill in the mistaken belief that they were livestock ensued by which time we had spotted the menhir at the southern end of the row on the horizon in front of us.

Wow! With so many rows on Dartmoor it would be easy to take them for granted but the setting and size of this row marks it out as something special. We walked the row several times sharing the stones with Dartmoor Ponies who seemed pleased to see us.

Walking down this double row so soon after visiting the fine multiple rows at Challacombe, the male/female pairings were plain to see.

Hurston Ridge

greywether
greywether Dec 14, 2003

Park on the B3212 near Warren House Inn and follow the footpath N.

Double stone row with 49 well preserved paired stones running northish from a cairn for about 140m and terminating in a blocking stone.

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FourWinds
FourWinds
Aug 2004

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