Merrivale Monuments

Accidental Discovery

We didn't know about the Merrivale Monuments, but stumbled upon them while trying to hike up to the Tor. These were fascinating to walk through, especially after we looked up what they were. I think ...

Easy to find these prehistoric remains

The Merrivale stone rows are really easy to find. The key to finding it is to park in the old School, which is now a tree lined car park, about 3/4 of the way between Merrivale the turning to Princet...

Easily worth a visit.

Spend a couple of minutes online making sure that you know which car park beside the road and in which direction you need to walk to the brow from which you can then immediately see the impressive ar...

Could be really interesting...

These stones are important and easy to see but without any information to help visitors understand their significance or history. Missed opportunity but worth a look.

Old important ruins just off the beaten path

Crossing the moor by car, we stopped at the Four Winds car park at the side of the B3357, not far past a quarry. Finding the monuments is a case of following one of the worn paths at each back corner ...