<< Our Photo Pages >> Shaugh Moor Cairns - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shaugh Moor Cairns Alternative Name: Grisell Shaugh Prior 40; Turner E2; Saddlesborough ReaveCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Lee Moor / Shaugh Prior
Map Ref: SX5531763467
Latitude: 50.453150N Longitude: 4.039418W
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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Fairly near to the road, downhill from the Shaugh Moor stone row and cairn, is a cairn which is in surprisingly good condition considering its position. It still has much of its retaining kerb circle in place around it, but there are a few large chunks of the cairn missing, and it has, as usual, been dug into at the top.
Update December 2019: The Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website includes information about the the Shaugh Moor Platform Cairn Circle. The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 439245, as MDV2524 (Cairn on line of reave near Shaugh Cross) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No 1003824 (Barrow near Shaugh Cross).
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