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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ring of Bells - Ring Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 26 October 2016  Page Views: 1238

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ring of Bells Alternative Name: Turner A34; Grinsell Mary Tavy 2
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.993 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Tavistock / Okehampton  Nearest Village: Lydford / Mary Tavy
Map Ref: SX5214082873
Latitude: 50.626759N  Longitude: 4.091844W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Ring of Bells
Ring of Bells submitted by DavidHoyle : Ring of Bells looking South West. Ring of Bells is a heather ring on the moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ring Cairn in Devon

Information about the Ring of Bells Stone Ring Cairn Circle comes from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes say this is a "ring cairn with entrance. Stone ring 13m internal diameter with bank 1.5m wide and 0.3m high.3m wide entrance on east-south-east side. Flag pole has been sited here."

The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument Number 440699, which adds that at "SX 5214 8287 (the Ring of Bells Cairn) and SX 52148289. Two Bronze Age cairns lie on the North flank of Black Hill immediately S of the former site of Willsworthy Camp. The larger of the two, at SX 52148287, possesses an overall diameter of 18m and consists of a level platform 0.4m above the present ground level with a turf and stone rim 3.0m wide and 0.3m high. A boundary stone has been inserted near the E edge of the cairn. The symmetry and form of this feature does not suggest that it has suffered from stone robbing. Apart from the gap in the E side of the rim noted by Authority 3 there is no obvious disturbance and the monument provides a good example of an embanked flat-topped cairn. Immediately to the N of this feature, at SX 52148289, is an unbroken circular bank 10.7m in overall diameter. The bank, 2.0m wide and 0.25m high, encloses a flat area at (or slightly below) the current ground level. This too appears to be a cairn."

The cairn is also recorded as MDV3221 (Ring cairn 450 metres south of Willsworthy Camp) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1007664 (Ring cairn 450m south of Willsworthy Camp).

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Ring of Bells
Ring of Bells submitted by DavidHoyle : Ring of Bells panorama from the centre. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ring of Bells submitted by DavidHoyle (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ring of Bells
Ring of Bells submitted by DavidHoyle : Ring of Bells looking North East towards Sharp Tor. Ring of Bells is a heather ring on the moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX5282 : Willsworthy Range by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
©2010(licence)
SX5182 : Boundary stone on Kingsett Down by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2011(licence)
SX5183 : Willsworthy Range by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
©2010(licence)
SX5182 : On the Spar of the moment by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
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SX5282 : A mine leat by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
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