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Multi-periodSite Name: Sittaford Tor pound Alternative Name: Great Stannon Newtake HengeCountry: England County: Devon Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Chagford
Map Ref: SX64018288
Latitude: 50.629713N Longitude: 3.924131W
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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The walls are best seen where the old leat cuts through them on the western side. There is a possible entrance on the eastern side.
This monument has been described elsewhere (including pastscape) as a possible henge, but there is no evidence of an internal ditch, and is fairly typical of this type of Dartmoor monument.
Update December 2019: This settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Sittaford Tor Pound. It is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443917, as MDV6754 (Pound 320 metres south-east of the Grey Wethers stone circles) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1018707 (Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake).
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