Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement

Audio Guide to Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement

Join Win Scutt, English Heritage Properties Curator, in conversation with Helen Allen, Free Sites Partnership Manager, at Merrivale. Together they explore some key locations around the site, as Win explains what we know about Merrivale and what life might have been like here in the late Neolithic period and Bronze Age.

The guide is designed so you can listen whether or not you are at Merrivale. For on-site listening, it’s advisable to download before you go, as mobile signal at Merrivale is variable. You will also find a link below to download a map, which will help you both to plan ahead and to find your way around during your visit.

   

Image gallery

Scroll through these images to view the key locations explored in the audio guide.

Merrivale approach

Merrivale approach

Merrivale approach
The path though moorland leading from the Four Winds Car Park to Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement
Double stone row

Double stone row

Double stone row
The stones at the eastern end of the southern double stone row
Burial cairn

Burial cairn

Burial cairn
This small cairn, near the middle of the southern double row, may mark the burial place of an important person
Stone circle

Stone circle

Stone circle
The circle consists of 11 low-lying stones, and is about 18 metres across
Bronze Age roundhouse

Bronze Age roundhouse

Bronze Age roundhouse
One of the roundhouses at Merrivale, part of the Bronze Age settlement

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