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MuseumsSite Name: High Moorland Visitor Centre Alternative Name: National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown; Thornworthy Cist; Ter Hill Cross; Old Duchy HotelCountry: England
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County: Devon Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Princetown
Map Ref: SX59037348
Latitude: 50.544048N Longitude: 3.990931W
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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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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 |
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Anne T visited on 17th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Princetown Visitor Centre, second visit: We had arranged to meet one of Sandy G's intrepid Dartmoor Explorers here at around 10.30am, to have a final look around before starting our journey back home. .
I confess to being really disappointed with this Centre as there was only the cast of a standing/inscribed stone and a prehistoric trackway. There were lots of information banners and photographs. The main entrance was really a shop front for cards, maps, books and guide books. I photographed the stone then we left to start the journey home.
The centre was advertising an exhibition due to arrive shortly.
Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Thornworthy Cist and Ter Hill Cross, Princetown National Park Visitor Centre: We had about 15 minutes before the centre closed on the Thursday, so we flew in with Dave Parks for me to see and photograph the Thornworthy Cist and the Ter Hill Cross. There was scaffolding around the back of the building, so I used this to step onto the weedy garden to photograph the cist slab from the top.
By the time I'd taken some photographs, I was being ushered out of the garden as they wanted to close the centre for the night, but I was bid 'you are more than welcome to come back tomorrow if you can".
graemefield visited on 7th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.33
Situated in Princetown at the heart of Dartmoor, the Centre is easily accessible by road from Exeter or Plymouth and by public transport throughout the year. Princetown provides an excellent gateway to both the south and north moors for hill walkers and our Centre staff will be pleased to help you plan a suitable route.
The cist in the garden was originally situated below Thornworthy Tor, Chagford, close to Fernworthy reservoir and is one of two which were discovered within a burial mound in 1879. It was excavated by William Pengelly, a prominent Torquay archaeologist and geologist. Unfortunately it was ransacked before he completed his excavation, all that remained were some discarded beaker pottery fragments and a few flint tools.
Following Pengelly’s excavation the landowner donated the cist to the newly opened Torquay Museum which was run by the Torquay Natural History Society, both of which Pengelly had been instrumental in founding. Torquay Museum having rearranged their major exhibits no longer had sufficient floor space for the cist and it is now on loan to the Dartmoor National Park Authority and is situated in the garden at the back of the Visitor Centre.
For photographs of the cist in its original location see Thornworthy Cairn, SID 15453.
The visitor centre garden is also home to the Ter Hill Wayside Cross, recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443316 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1002618.
For more information visit the National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown website.
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