<< Our Photo Pages >> Ringmoor Down Cairn 2 - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringmoor Down Cairn 2 Alternative Name: Legis Lake Cist; Grinsell Sheepstor 20; Turner E32; Dixon 27; Butler Ringmoor Down 2 (V3 49.21)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Lee Moor / Sheepstor
Map Ref: SX56596576
Latitude: 50.474071N Longitude: 4.022377W
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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Catrinm visited on 10th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
A very good cist here - not marked as such on map
Catrinm visited on 16th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3
Its splendid rectangular 1m by 0.3 m cist is fully intact, with its large coverstone still partly in place at the southern side of the cist. A circle of large stones surrounds the cairn, now all laying flat, and doubtful if they were ever standing.
Update November 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Legis Lake Platform Cairn Circle and Cist and the Ringmoor Stone Row & Cairn Circle.
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438677, as MDV4040 (Cairn with cist west of Legis Lake), and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1012270 (Cairn with cist west of Legis Lake).
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