Upper Erme stone row
The Upper Erme stone row (also called Stall Moor or Stall Moor-Green Hill) stands north of the hamlet of Harford and Ivybridge in Devon , England .
At just over 3,386 m in length, Upper Erme is the longest row of stones in the world. It stretches from the "Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle" in the south to a cairn near the top of Green Hill in the north. Because it is far from living places, around 1000 stones survived, which is around half the original number. Many are buried under the lawn and peat. There are no natural rock deposits near the row, so most of the stones must have come from elsewhere.
At the south end the row begins at the Kiss-in-the-Ring stone circle, which is about 16.0 m in diameter. From here it runs north, with the stones generally at intervals of 1.5 to 2.0 meters, about 0.5 meters above the lawn. The row of stones runs over hills and through valleys and crosses several streams and two rivers. After about a kilometer, the row turns right before falling into the Erme Valley and crossing the river near the Bronze Age settlement Erme Pound .
The stones are probably much larger than the visible part. The stones that have fallen over on the surface are around 1.5 meters long. At the summit of Green Hill, the row presumably reaches the remains of a poorly preserved cairn, the last stones in the row are buried under the peat. The cairn is about 9.0 m in diameter and the usual hollow in the center with a few large stone blocks. From here the southern end of the row is visible, as are the four stones of the Stalldon row .
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literature
- DD Emmett: Stone rows: the traditional view reconsidered. In: Valerie A. Maxfield (Ed.): Prehistoric Dartmoor in its Context (= Devon Archaeological Society, Proceedings No. 37, ISSN 0305-5795 ). Devon Archaeological Society, Exeter 1979, pp. 94-114.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '50.9 " N , 3 ° 55' 27.5" W.