Ringmoor stone row and cairn circle

Ringmoor stone row and cairn circle stand on Ringmoor Down in Devon, three miles east of the A386 road. It lies northeast of Shaugh Prior village and three hundred metres north of Brisworthy stone circle. The site sits in the Upper Plym Valley, where many prehistoric remains are found. The stone row runs for 356 metres across the moorland. Parts of the row are single lines of stones, while other sections are doubled. A standing stone marks the northern end of the alignment. The southern end holds a cairn circle thirteen metres wide. Inside it is a central cairn nine and a half metres across and forty centimetres high. Many stones have been taken from the row and circle over centuries, leaving gaps and pits. By the start of the 20th century only one stone remained upright in the circle. In 1909 the circle was partly rebuilt using stones brought from elsewhere. Visitors walk a clear path across open moorland to reach the stone row. The standing stone at the northern end is still in place after thousands of years. The restored cairn circle shows the original size and shape. The surrounding landscape is quiet and windswept, with views across Dartmoor. The site offers a quiet place to imagine how Bronze Age people arranged these stones.