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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Burford Down (Tristis Rock) Alternative Name: Tristis RockCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.651 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX63776015
Latitude: 50.425362N Longitude: 3.919213W
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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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3 | Ordinary |
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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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SandyG visited on 25th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Very limited car parking is available at SX 62102 60910. Care should be taken to ensure that the highway is not restricted and access to the adjacent field is not obstructed. From here walk eastward up the lane and follow the footpath to the Erme Valley to SX 63582 61142. From here head south to the row passing the Stalldown SE stone row on the way.
graemefield visited on 22nd Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 2.5
The Pastscape website tells us that this cairn circle (Monument Number 442351) is "aligned on the terminal cairn of a nearby stone row, grid bearing 282 degrees". This record adds that the cairn circle sits on the summit of a small ridge 260 metres above OD (sea level).
This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website as the Burford Down (Tritis Rock) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, which is part of their 'Burford Down stone row and cairns' walk. The description given is: "(a) retaining circle of a barrow, internal diameter between 16 and 17 feet and consisting of twelve stones which enclose the remaining south side stone of a cist. The overall length of the side stone is 4 feet 6 inches, the internal length of the cist would not have been more than 3 feet".
The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1010766 (Cairn to the west of Tristis Rock, Burford Down). The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV4258 (Tristis Rock cairn circle and cist on Burford Down, Harford)also tells us that the cairn is to the west of Tritis Rock and dates it from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age (4000 BC to 701 BC). It confirms the nearby stone row "runs to Newtake wall and beyond (122 stones)" and "there area 10 kerb stones still in situ".
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