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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cosdon Hill Summit Cairns Alternative Name: Cosdon Beacon CairnsCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: South Zeal
Map Ref: SX63619149
Latitude: 50.707003N Longitude: 3.932959W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Starting at the south, on the summit, the first cairn is a massive, but much altered structure, up to 3 metres high and 25 metres diameter, which incorporates a trig point and several shelters. To the east of this can be made out a large ring cairn, with diameter approx 22 metres. To the north of this is another ring cairn, with diameter approx 16 metres, incorporating many stone slabs in the outer face of the ring. Further north still, the fourth cairn is a round cairn, but containing a clearly visible cist structure within it, and also possible remains of a stone surround.
By no means least, the fifth cairn at the north of the hill is a very impressive beast. This cairn must be nearly complete except for a small depression within the centre. The outer edges of the cairn are nicely held in place by a ring of large stone slabs, and within the cairn structure itself can clearly be made out a further two or perhaps three concentric rings of stones. It is possible to imagine there being an outer ring of stones surrounding the cairn as well. Is this the complete version of a Dartmoor fourfold circle, as seen at Shovel Down and Yellowmead ?Visited Thursday, 3rd June 2004
Update September 2019: The Cosdon Beacon Cairns are featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for:
Cosdon Beacon Cairn at SX 63611 91502 (also known as Grinsell South Tawton 3 and Cosdon Beacon 1);
Cosdon Beacon Platform Cairn Circle at SX 63717 91719 (also known as Grinsell South T, Turner T1 and Cosdon Beacon 5);
Cosdon Beacon Cist at SX 63730 91654 (also known as Cosdon Beacon 4; Grinsell South Tawton 1b);
Cosdon Beacon Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist at SX 63708 91593 (also known as Cosdon Hill 3; Turner B14 and Grinsell South Tawton 2); and
Cosdon Beacon East Stone Ring Cairn Circle at SX 63663 91492 (also known as Cosdon Beacon 2; Grinsell South Tawton 3 and Turner A6).
All the PDW links given above include further links to Pastcape and Devon and Dartmoor HER records.
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