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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:
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 |
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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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