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===Standing stones=== [[File:Beardown man dartmoor.jpg|thumb|upright|Beardown Man, Dartmoor]] Numerous prehistoric [[menhir]]s (more usually referred to locally as [[standing stone]]s or longstones), [[stone circle]]s, [[Dartmoor kistvaens|kistvaen]]s, [[cairn]]s and [[stone row]]s are to be found on the moor. The most significant sites include: * Upper Erme stone row is the longest on Dartmoor and in fact in the world at {{convert|3300|m|ft|abbr=on}} * Beardown Man, near Devil's Tor β isolated standing stone {{convert|3.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} high, said to have another {{convert|1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} below ground. {{gbmapping|SX596796}} * Challacombe, near the prehistoric settlement of [[Grimspound]] β triple stone row. {{gbmapping|SX689807}} * [[Drizzlecombe]], east of [[Sheepstor]] village β stone rows, standing stones, kistvaens and cairns. {{gbmapping|SX591669}} * [[Grey Wethers]], near [[Postbridge, Devon|Postbridge]] β double circle, aligned almost exactly north south. {{gbmapping|SX638831}} * Laughter Tor, near [[Two Bridges, Devon|Two Bridges]] β standing stone {{convert|2.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} high and two double stone rows, one {{convert|164|m|ft|abbr=on}} long. {{gbmapping|SX652753}} * [[Merrivale, Devon|Merrivale]], between [[Princetown]] and [[Tavistock, Devon|Tavistock]] β includes a double stone row {{convert|182|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|1.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} wide, aligned almost exactly eastβwest, stone circles and a kistvaen. {{gbmapping|SX554747}} * [[Scorhill]] (pronounced 'Scorill'), west of [[Chagford]] β circle, {{convert|26.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} in circumference, and stone rows. {{gbmapping|SX654873}} * [[Shovel Down]], north of [[Dartmoor reservoirs|Fernworthy reservoir]] β double stone row approximately {{convert|120|m|ft|abbr=on}} long. {{gbmapping|SX660859}} * [[Yellowmead Down]], a quadruple concentric stone circle and stone rows.
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