<< Our Photo Pages >> Money Pit cairn - Stone Circle in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Money Pit cairn Alternative Name: Yar Tor cairn; Grinsell Widdecombe in the Moor 21; Turner E51; Dixon 69Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Dartmeet
Map Ref: SX6818173865 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.549644N Longitude: 3.86199W
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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TheCaptain visited on 3rd Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Passing by the Money Pit cairn, had to go for a quick look. I also had a quick look for the southern, top, end of the treble stone row, but didn't follow it down the hill, as we were walking the other direction.
TheCaptain visited on 11th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Looking lovely in the late afternoon sun
Catrinm visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SandyG have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4
Update August 2019: This platform cairn circle and cist is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Yar Tor (Money Pit) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist.
The cairn and cist is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442883 and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1003288 (Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist). The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes a record for MDV6460 (Cairn near Yar Tor stone row, Yartor Down).
The Stone Rows of Great Britain website includes a plan of the Yar Tor stone row, with the Money Pit Cairn at its south eastern end; see the Yar Tor Stone Row and Sea Views at Yar Tor.
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