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MerrivaleMerrivale is a megalithic site in the south-west of Dartmoor, Devon. Although it has been diminished over time, the site includes a 3.8m standing stone, a stone circle and a stone row. Also visible are two stone avenues running parallel to each other on either side of a stream. The southern avenue is 263.5 metres long and has the remains of a barrow in the middle. The northern avenue is slightly shorter. Both avenues are only about 1 metre wide down the centre. To the south of the avenues is a large cist which contained a flint scraper, a number of flint flakes and a whetstone for polishing metal items. The 'lid' of the cist was broken in two by a farmer sometime in the past who made a gatepost out of it. Numerous tors are visible from the site, including King's Tor and Staples Tor. Merrivale is really in the middle of nowhere, but there is a large pub, the Dartmoor Inn, which sells "Merrivale Ale". Disambiguation
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