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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringmoor Down stone circle Alternative Name: Ringmoor DownCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Lovaton / Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX56336581 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.474457N Longitude: 4.026058W
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 |
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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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Catrinm visited on 10th Apr 2023 - their rating: Access: 3
Catrinm visited on 15th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Great views of the sea at Plymouth sound. Cute circle.
celticmaiden55 visited on 9th Jun 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
michelle_b007 visited on 8th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jan 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 3
The 13 metre diameter circle of 11 standing stones stand clear of the remains of the much smaller cairn in the centre. The stones stand up to a maximum of 1 metre tall, but the circle is positoned so that they stand out against the skyline, not only from the long stone row, but also many other positions around, although it can not be seen from the Brisworthy stone circle.
For more information about this kerbed cairn and its relationship to the Ringmoor Down stone row see:
The Stone Rows of Great Britain: Ringmoor Down Stone Row, which includes photographs of the row, the cairn and plans of this prehistoric landscape; and
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW): see their entries for the Ringmoor Down Encircled Cairn and the Ringmoor Stone Row & Cairn Circle.
The cairn circle is also recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No. 438671 and as MDV3987 (Cairn in the parish of Sheepstor). The cairn is also scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1012246 (Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down).
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