Merrivale - Stone Circle Area

Stone Circle - Devon

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This area, to the south of the long stone rows, contains a stone circle, two cairns, a large standing stone and a short stone row. Because of the slope of the land, the stone rows to the north are not visible from this area.
The stone circle is comprised of eleven small stones of local granite all under 0.5m high. The spacing of the circle stones is erratic, especially in the south eastern arc. Nine metres to the east of the circle circumference is a small outlier showing a radial alignment to the circle. The circle interior does not seem to show any evidence of a cairn or cist.
A second outlier stands to within a few degrees of due south from the circle centre, although quite distant, this stone is large and over 3m tall. To the south of the menhir is a short row of three small stones standing beside a low cairn. South east of the menhir is a second low cairn which has a large stone over 2m long lying prostrate beside it, this stone was re-erected in 1895 but has since fallen once more.