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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Salcombe Hill Standing StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.669 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Sidmouth Nearest Village: Salcombe Regis
Map Ref: SY142885
Latitude: 50.689800N Longitude: 3.216016W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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lauraaurora visited on 23rd Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
I found out about this stone some years ago as it was marked "Standing Stone" on the 1889 25" to the mile OS map and is still marked on the latest 1:2500 OS Masterplan.
It was apparently still standing and marked on maps until the mid 1950's until it either fell or was purposefully removed and dumped in an adjacent hedge a little to the North East of its original location. This operation damaged the stone breaking a chunk of approximately 70cm from the top. The broken portion lies propped up against the main mass which measures approx 200cm (tape in photos set at 200cm). It could have originally stood about 180-200cm.
Easily accessible from Salcombe Hill where there is ample parking and a layby very close by, the stone is on National Trust land beside a bridleway called Milltown Lane. The 1889 map also showed another standing stone nearby which I have also located but this one was not marked on subsequent editions of OS maps.
Perhaps the National Trust would be interested in repairing and reinstating this stone as part of its heritage and conservation commitments...
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