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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hangingstone Hill Alternative Name: Hanging Stone HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.262 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Frenchbeer
Map Ref: SX61668606
Latitude: 50.657740N Longitude: 3.958525W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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Cairn in Devon
Information about the Hangingstone Hill Cairn comes from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes tell us this site is due to be excavated in 2016 and is "a low, flat-topped cairn located on the summit of Hangingstone Hill. It measures 17.5m north to south by 15.0m at base and is maximum 1.4m high. It is apparently composed of medium sized granite slabs and boulders with a thin and patchy covering of turf. An ovoid hollow, 3.1m north to south by 2.0m and 0.3m deep, containing the stump of the flag pole (noted in the Devon SMR) lies slightly east of centre. A Range Wardens' hut encroaches on the southern side of the cairn. A considerable amount of peat has built up or has been deposited on the eastern side elongating the mound by some 10m in this direction."
The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument No. 443723, which adds that "this fine hilltop cairn is as described (above) except there is erosion on the northern side caused by livestock."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV4377 dates the cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC). The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1017481 (Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill).
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