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<< Our Photo Pages >> Corringdon Ball S.E. - Stone Circle in England in Devon

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Sunday, 24 October 2004  Page Views: 7185

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corringdon Ball S.E.
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: South Brent  Nearest Village: Didworthy
Map Ref: SX6667961215  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.435603N  Longitude: 3.878662W
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.
3 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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Corringdon Ball S.E.
Corringdon Ball S.E. submitted by TheCaptain : Corringdon Ball SE, Dartmoor, Devon SX666612 View eastwards towards the remains of the cairn circle at the end of the southern multiple rows. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn-circle at the northeastern end of the multiple stone rows, which is part of the Corringdon Ball complex of stone monuments, on the flattish slopes above and to the west of the East Glaze brook, southern Dartmoor.

The cairn-circle, unusually located at the lower end of the multiple rows, consists of 7 small stones, 6 of which stand in an arc in the NE. The multiple rows meet symmetrically around its W edge. The interior mound has been almost entirely removed.

Circle diameter: 14 metres, Number of stones: 7

Update September 2019: For an illustration of how this cairn relates to the adjacent stone rows see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entries for Corringdon Ball, North and Corringdon Ball, South.

This cairn also features on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entries for the East Glazebrook Encircled Cairn and Corringdon Ball Chambered Tomb and Stone Rows.

The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441898 and on the Devon and Dartmoor HER as part of MDV15961 ((Two) cairns at the north-east end of the Corringdon Ball Stone Rows).

The cairns is also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1013031.
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Corringdon Ball S.E.
Corringdon Ball S.E. submitted by Bladup : Corringdon Ball SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Corringdon Ball S.E.
Corringdon Ball S.E. submitted by TheCaptain : Corringdon Ball SE, Dartmoor, Devon SX666612 View westwards over the remains of the cairn circle at the end of the southern multiple rows. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX6661 : Corringdon Ball stone row by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
©2009(licence)
SX6661 : Corringdon Ball, South prehistoric stone row by Sandy Gerrard
by Sandy Gerrard
©2020(licence)
SX6661 : Ford over the East Glaze Brook by jeff collins
by jeff collins
©2014(licence)
SX6661 : The East Glaze Brook by Tony Atkin
by Tony Atkin
©2012(licence)
SX6661 : Corringdon Ball, North prehistoric stone row by Sandy Gerrard
by Sandy Gerrard
©2020(licence)

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 11m SSE 152° Corringdon Ball South* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6668461205)
 14m W 269° Corringdon Ball Multiple Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6666561215)
 42m WSW 247° Corringdon Ball Central* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66646120)
 68m WNW 299° Corringdon Ball Cairns* Cairn (SX66626125)
 69m W 264° Corringdon Ball N.* Stone Row / Alignment (SX66616121)
 85m SW 236° Corringdon Ball* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6660761169)
 203m NE 51° Brent Fore Hill* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66846134)
 224m NE 50° Brent Forehill Encircled Cairn* Cairn (SX6685461356)
 281m ENE 69° Corringdon Ball Tomb* Chambered Tomb (SX6694561308)
 321m W 277° Upper Glazebrook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66366126)
 334m ENE 72° Ball Gate* Ring Cairn (SX67006131)
 430m SE 140° Corringdon Ball settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66956088)
 646m ENE 72° Treeland Brake* Stone Row / Alignment (SX673614)
 710m SW 233° Glasscombe Ball NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6610060802)
 733m SSW 192° Lower Glasscombe* Cist (SX6650660502)
 804m W 261° Piles Hill NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65886111)
 820m N 352° Hickley Ridge West Cist (SX66596203)
 844m SW 230° Glasscombe Corner Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6601660691)
 877m SW 228° Glasscombe Corner SW Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX6601060646)
 1.2km SW 229° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
 1.2km NNE 26° Hickley Ridge Central* Cist (SX6722462250)
 1.2km SW 229° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
 1.2km S 179° Scad Brook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6667759981)
 1.2km SW 228° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
 1.3km WSW 248° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
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Re: Corringdon Ball SE by TheCaptain on Friday, 02 July 2004
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Oooops. Getting it all wrong today. Condition 2/3
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Re: Corringdon Ball SE by TheCaptain on Friday, 02 July 2004
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Condition: 3/4
Ambience: 3
Access: 3

Corringdon Ball complex, Dartmoor, Devon SX666612
Visited Sunday, 20th June 2004

Just downhill to the south of the single row can be seen the remains of a multiple series of rows with a cairn circle at east end. The stones of these rows are much smaller than those of the single row, some no more than a few inches in size, but there are plenty of them around, which makes identifying the patterns simple. There seem to be seven roughly parallel rows, on the same alignment as the single row, but which probably consist of an upper treble row in much better condition than the other four rows to the south, which may have been completed at a different time. At the eastern end there is no longer any signs of the remains of a cairn, but there are several stones remaining standing in an arc which could once have probably formed a circle around the outside, with diameter about 15 metres. This would have all fitted nicely with the multiple rows going away from the circle symmetrically from its western side.

I am lead to believe that there are also the remains of several more cairns just upslope from the cairns at the end of the rows, two of which can be seen to be made up of at least six concentric stone rings. Makes me feel I need to pay another visit at some point, as I am disappointed to have missed those.
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