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Mardon Down N
Date Added: 28th Sep 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mardon Down N submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2019. Febrary 2019: Approaching from the hilltop ridge path down to the northern circle, and the standing pillars of it make a splendid sight against the distant fields and forests.
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Log Text: Approaching from the hilltop ridge path down to the northern circle, and the standing pillars of it make a splendid sight against the distant fields and forests. I am not sure what to make of it, is it a stone circle, a cairn with a surrouding circle of stones, or perhaps even a large roundhouse with large pillars incorporated ? There seems to be a double faced ring of edge set slabs, with half a dozen upright pillars incorporated. Now I am home and reading my Butler, it seems he is not sure what to make of it either, stating "it is unparalelled among the numerous cairns on the moorland massif only a short distance to the west, emphasizing the very localised nature of some cairn designs." Whatever it is, its a nice thing to visit, and i sit here listening to the skylarks and buzzards for a while before heading back down to a sandwich at the car and decide what to do next.
Hound Tor Enclosure
Date Added: 28th Sep 2020
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hound Tor Enclosure submitted by Andy B on 3rd Jul 2011. Hound Tor
From this angle, taken a little way into the moorland from Swallerton Gate, SX7479 : Hound Tor falls into three main stacks.
Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Being such a beautiful day, I walk up to the top of Hound Tor before the sun goes down. Beautiful up here in the low sunlight. With views all around. I even climb up to the top of the bare granite rock tor, grazing my fingers on the rough stone in the process. I am a bit wary of being up here alone, and my legs are giving a bit of trouble getting down, but it was worth it. Didn't see much of an enclosure here, but wasn't looking for one to be honest.
Hound Tor Ring Cairn
Date Added: 28th Sep 2020
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hound Tor Ring Cairn submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Oct 2009. Hound Tor Ring Cairn, with Hound Tor in the background.
29 September 2009
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Log Text: From the top of Hound Tor, I make my way south to look for the cairn and cist, but it is easy to find with obvious pathways leading to it. It is a splendid thing, about two thirds of a circle of contiguous surrounding stones with remains of a large cist box in the centre. I sit here for a fair while watching the sunlight fading on the Hound Tor rocks before heading back to the car.
Bowerman's Nose
Date Added: 28th Sep 2020
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Bowerman's Nose submitted by Bladup on 25th Apr 2013. Bowerman's Nose.
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Log Text: Drive down from Hound Tor passing Bowerman's Nose, but the sun has now gone, so decide not to go out to the fabulous looking rock column. One for another time. The drive down this little road is splendid, part of it being gated (I'd forgotten the joys of gated roads!), part through a stream bed , some over open common and some through woodland.
Headless Cross (Moretonhampstead)
Date Added: 28th Sep 2020
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Headless Cross (Moretonhampstead) submitted by AngieLake on 23rd Nov 2008. The Headless Cross, or Maximajor Stone (of Dartmoor Legend) marks the start of the NE end of the ridgeway track over Mardon Down.
Thought to be a replacement for a pre-existing ancient menhir.
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Log Text: Beautiful sunny week in February, the hottest on record with 21 degrees recorded at Kew. So I decided a day on Dartmoor was required, and that I should visit Mardon Down to see the stone circle and other monuments in the vicinity, plus visit a couple of pubs. Two hours to drive down, and I was out on the moors before 12:00, having parked in a car parking area opposite what is marked as the Headless Cross. Turns out that the stone here now is a fairly modern replacement for the original stone, which was broken by either a car accident or an act of vandalism, depending on what story you see. It also seems to state that this never was a cross in the traditional sense, but probably a menhir (known as the Maximajor Stone), which acted as a guide stone in more recent times, much like many of the moorland crosses.
Lydney Harbour
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019
Lydney Harbour submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Feb 2019. A modern circle of standing stones, with outliers, constructed between Lydney Harbour and the Severn Estuary.
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Sittaford Tor pound
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2019
Sittaford Tor pound submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Feb 2019. An oval shaped enclosure, defined by embanked rubble walls.
The walls are best seen where the old leat cuts through them on the western side.
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White Ridge pound
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2019
White Ridge pound submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Feb 2019. Circular enclosure between 20 and 25 metres in diameter, surrounded by an embanked rubble wall up to a metre in height.
It has an entrance on the western side still with a jamb in place, at which point the walls are easiest to see.
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Fernworthy Cairn 4
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
Fernworthy Cairn 4 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. The first monument to look for, which you might otherwise miss is cairn 4, found right at the corner of forest, trackway and open area. Probably about 10 metres in diameter, the centre of the cairn is green and rocky, and there are several kerbstones making up a circular surround.
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Fernworthy stone row SE
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
Fernworthy stone row SE submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. The southeastern stone row is short and of small stones, hard to tell whether it is a single or a double row with little space between the two rows.
The northern terminus of the row has a cairn, but there is nothing obvious of the southern terminus, with just 20m of stones to be seen.
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Fernworthy Cairn E
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
Fernworthy Cairn E submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. Cairn 5 is up to 10 m diameter, and has a small 5 m diameter mound in the centre, surrounded by a flatter region and then a ring of surrounding stones.
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Fernworthy stone row N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
Fernworthy stone row N submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. Approaching the northern row from the circle. Froggymeade living up to its name.
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White Ridge Standing Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019
White Ridge Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2019. There is a large elongated slab near to the middle of the ring structure, which looks to me like it should once have been standing.
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Blackhall Stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Blackhall Stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. There are several standing stones and other stone settings positioned at the junctions of the new housing estate roads with the road running west from Inverurie.
I am not sure whether these are real old stones moved and positioned here during the construction of the housing estate.
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Dyce Stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Dyce Stones submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. Pair of stones standing in a grassy area between a major road intersection and a petrol station near to the entrance of Aberdeen (Dyce) International Airport.
I don't know whether the stones are ancient and have been moved from elsewhere during the Airport and surrounding business park development.
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Rhossili millenium stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2019
Rhossili millenium stone submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Feb 2019. Large piece of white Rhossili Down conglomerate erected to commemorate the millenium, just outside the churchyard on a green beside the pathway up to the Down.
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The Beacon Cist
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
The Beacon Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. Possible remains of a cairn with slab sided cist, on the northern slopes of The Beacon, Hendra Downs near Leskernick.
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Île Melon grand menhir
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
Île Melon grand menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. The huge menhir which once stood on Ile Melon. It was destoyed on 2nd March 1942.
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La Pointue Rocque
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Guernsey)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2019
La Pointue Rocque submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Feb 2019. From Saxon101
photograph taken of the remains of this site, which was incorporated into a boundary wall, probably in the 18th century.
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Leskernick Hill cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2019
Leskernick Hill cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Feb 2019. A walk round the Leskernick Hill cairn in April 2017. Viewed here looking approx south.
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