hello 4winds
The more obvious double row has a waist height pointy stone at the east end (not really a slab but still pretty flat) and two smaller stones at the other end. They do 'block' the narrow path between the rows.
I found out they were called 'blocking stones' afterwards from a little book I bought when I was down there - must admit I'm guilty of not thinking about the term before using it, I assumed it's what the Archaeologists have decided on.
Have you seen any of the dartmoor stone rows? Merrivale is the only one I've been to. Most of the stones are shin/knee height but the 'blocking' stones are bigger. You must go, it's ever so easy to park at and find! but it feels more remote from the road than it is.
Also (sorry if I'm repeating myself) it gave me a thrill to sit inside the circular remains of the huts there too.
Do you have any theories about the blocking stones?
I wait with baited breath.
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