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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cardinham Moor row Alternative Name: Colvannick TorCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Bodmin Nearest Village: Cardinham
Map Ref: SX12827187 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.516614N Longitude: 4.641657W
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 11th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Parked at the rest area beside the A30 near Temple and walked southwest across the moor to exploor Cardinham Moor stone row. Pass beside the large pond, no doubt some mining remnant, then can see a stone standing up on the hillside. Once up there a few more come into sight. Its not straight, is it !! I follow it south to a large leaning pillar, which I later see described as Stone 1, the southern end. However, I see another stone standing over on the slopes of St Bellarmin's Tor, so went for a look, where I found not only the standing stone, but also couple more, in as good a line as the rest of the row. They also show up on the detailed OS maps (about SX 131 712). Back to the car then go for a couple of halves at the Blisland Inn.
SandyG visited on 26th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SX 13235 72552. From here walk south across the moorland to the row.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
The row runs in a SE to NW alignment, from SX12817189 to SX12997155. The stones are on average more than a metre tall, and are spaced at about 14 metres from each other. The largest stones are at the southern end.
Update October 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Colvannick Tor (Cardinham Moor), which includes a description, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, a plan of the row, access information and other online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes photographs of the alignment illustrating the sinuous nature of the row with its significant shifts in orientation.
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 1012593 and as HER No. 1647 (CARDINHAM MOOR - Neolithic stone alignment, Bronze Age stone alignment) on the Cornwall and Scilly HER.
Note: Pictures from a sunny clear day now added. Is the supposed southern end stone really the southern end?
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943m NNW 337° Trehudreth Downs West* Cairn (SX1247572749)
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1.0km NNW 335° Trehudreth Downs A* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX12437281)
1.1km NNW 346° Trehudreth Downs B* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX12597292)
1.1km N 6° Greenbarrow Downs* Barrow Cemetery (SX12987295)
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2.4km SSE 161° Bury Castle Hill Fort* Hillfort (SX13526961)
2.4km N 2° Manor Common South* Cairn (SX1297174241)
2.5km N 0° Manor Common North* Cairn (SX1292074331)
2.5km S 185° Trezance* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX125694)
2.7km WNW 295° St Pratt's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX1037973100)
2.9km ESE 109° Carburrow propped stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1549170849)
2.9km ESE 110° Carburrow Tor cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX155708)
3.0km S 173° Treslea Cross* Ancient Cross (SX131689)
3.0km WNW 290° Blisland Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX1073)
3.2km N 3° Trippet Stones* Stone Circle (SX13117501)
3.2km ENE 63° Blacktor Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX157732)
3.2km WNW 293° Blisland Millennium Stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SX09947324)
3.2km S 187° Cardinham Churchyard* Ancient Cross (SX123687)
3.3km ENE 58° Blacktor Downs cairns Barrow Cemetery (SX157735)
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