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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stowe's Pound - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Petercastle on Thursday, 14 September 2017  Page Views: 14739

Multi-periodSite Name: Stowe's Pound Alternative Name: Stowes Pound
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Minions
Map Ref: SX25787247  Landranger Map Number: 201
Latitude: 50.526008N  Longitude: 4.459314W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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ajmp3003 visited on 1st Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2

markj99 visited on 22nd Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I have visited Stowe's Pound on several occasions without exploring it fully. This time I made a clockwise circuit round the enclosure from the Cheesewring. The enclosure is dominated by the stone stacks on the summit of Stowe's Hill.

lucasn visited on 9th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

graemefield visited on 4th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

hevveh TheCaptain JimChampion cazzyjane have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 2.75

Stowe's Pound
Stowe's Pound submitted by TheCaptain : Stones from Stowe's Pound on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, are being used to build the "fairy stacks" by people "probably unaware" they are breaking the law. The stacks have been described as "historic vandalism". Picture from Stuart Dow via BBC (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pre-Ironage and possibly Neolithic Hilltop Enclosure, Stowe’s Pound is situated on the southeast edge of Bodmin Moor. There are two enclosures, the smaller around the upper summit to the south and the larger to the north, surrounding the lower summit.

The southern, upper enclosure contains an area of around 0.75ha with the flat- topped wall reaching 4.5m in height and 4m in width to the north. Where well preserved, the wall appears to be faced with orthostats separated by dry stone walling which may be a later addition (Fletcher 1989, 71-76).

The upper enclosure contains a number of flat, turf covered areas but little sign of occupation. There are some hollow scrapes behind parts of the wall, possibly similar to those at Carn Brea (Fletcher 1989, 71-76). The wall itself links together a number of ‘cheese-ring’ type rock formations that surround the edges of the summit.

The lower enclosure has an area of around 5ha. The wall stands up to 1.5m tall and is made up of a rubble core faced with orthostats, earth fast boulders, and, again, some dry stone coursing. This wall may have up to 14 entrances. There are around 110 identified hut circles within this lower area, as well as 19 platforms cut into the ground (Fletcher 1989, 71-76).

To the southeast, just off the moor, is the Trethevy Quoit portal dolmen. Two further possible long barrows are within 3km of the site (Tilley 1995, 17).

Source: The Early Neolithic Tor Enclosures of Southwest Britain, Simon R. Davies
The University of Birmingham Ph.D Thesis (PDF)

Note: Stones from Stowe's Pound on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, are being used to build the "fairy stacks" by people "probably unaware" they are breaking the law. The stacks have been described as "historic vandalism". More details in the comments on our page
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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Part of the kerb cairn in the Northern enclosure at Stowe's Pound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : A big stone in the interesting defences to the East of the cheesewring [in the background]. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stowe's Pound submitted by cromagnonman : The Cheesewring Jan 08. To purchase framed prints of any of my photos please contact cromey@hotmail.co.uk (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : The Cheesewring. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : A hut circle in the Northern enclosure at Stowe's Pound, The southern enclosure is in the background.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Another cairn in the Northern enclosure at Stowe's Pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Outcrops in the sorthern enclosure at Stowe's Pound, You can see the defences in the background.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : An outcrop with the Southern enclosure at Stowe's pound, You can see the defences in the background.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Looking at the Cheesewring from an outcrop within the Southern enclosure at Stowe's pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Looking at the Southern enclosure from the Northern one at Stowe's Pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : A big Hut circle in the Northern enclosure at Stowe's Pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : A cairn inside the Northern enclosure, looking up to the Southern enclosure.

Stowe's Pound
Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : A big Hut circle in the Northern enclosure at Stowe's Pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Defences to the southern enclosure at Stowe's pound with the Merry making stone in the background.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Defences to the southern enclosure at Stowe's pound with the cheesewring in the background.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : The defences to the East of the cheesewring.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Defences to the East of the cheesewring [in the background].

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Stowe's Pound submitted by Bladup : Outcrops within Stowe's Pound.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by thecaptain : Stowe's Pound, with its two neolithic hilltop enclosures, plus settlement with its many hut circles and field systems. Seen here looking north from near The Hurlers.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by thecaptain : Stowe's Pound, with its two neolithic hilltop enclosures, plus settlement with its many hut circles and field systems. Seen here looking east from Craddock Moor.

Stowe's Pound
Stowe's Pound submitted by thecaptain : The southern end of Stowe's Hill, with the smaller, but bigger walled enclosure, seen here looking east from Craddock Moor. The Cheesewring can be seen at the right of the picture, right beside the top edge of the quarry.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by thecaptain : Stowe's Pound, with its two neolithic hilltop enclosures, plus settlement with its many hut circles and field systems. Seen here looking east from Craddock Moor.

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Stowe's Pound submitted by cromagnonman : The Cheesewring looking west Jan 08

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Stowe's Pound submitted by JimChampion : Remains of the rocky enclosure wall on top of Stowe's Hill known as Stowes Pound. The information on the displays at Minions village describe it as a neolithic inclosure. This view looks across the Tamar Valley towards Dartmoor.

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Stowe's Pound by lucasn on Saturday, 31 August 2019
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Re: Stowe's Pound by TheCaptain on Thursday, 14 September 2017
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Stowe's Pound fairy stack creators 'are historic vandals'....

Visitors to a 6,000-year-old site who are removing stones and piling them up to be "artistic" could be causing significant damage, experts say.

Stones from Stowe's Pound on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, are being used to build the "fairy stacks" by people "probably unaware" they are breaking the law.

The stacks have been described as "historic vandalism".

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