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<< Our Photo Pages >> Trowlesworthy West circle - Stone Circle in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 14 July 2002  Page Views: 4715

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trowlesworthy West circle Alternative Name: Grinsell Shaugh Prior 43; Turner G26; Butler (map 51.8.2)
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: Yelverton
Map Ref: SX57556398  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.458308N  Longitude: 4.008179W
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
2 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
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3 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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Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by TheCaptain : The cairn circle at the uphill end of the Trowlesworthy single stone row. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the lower slopes of Trowlesworthy Tor, above the marshes surrounding the Blacka Brook, are found a couple of stone rows, one single and one double, each with its own cairn and circle of stones at their head.

At the uphill, eastern end of the Trowlesworthy single stone row, is a round cairn of about 7 metres diamater on a slight uprising in the moorland. The cairn is today not very signiifcant, although it has a surrounding ring of stones, of which about thirteen can be counted, although none are very large. The largest stone, 1.2 m tall, is as usual positioned at the head of the row.

Tom Bullock says
"Circle diameter: 18 feet, Number of stones: 13
Sited on a natural knoll, the ring consists of rather small stones (one foot or so) compared to its neighbour, and the only stone of consequence (4-feet tall) stands at an angle across the upper end of the row that runs up to the ring from the W".

Update December 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Trowlesworthy Warren (W) Cairn Circle and Trowlesworthy, Settlements, Stone Row & Cairn Circle, which tells us this cairn is located at the east end of the Trowlesworthy Warren (W) (Trowlesworthy 2) stone row.

The cairn is also recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No 439148, as MDV49509 (Cairn at end of stone row south-west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1016147 (A stone alignment, kerbed cairn, prehistoric settlement, four pillow mounds, a vermin trap and animal runs 720m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor).

For more information about the stone row, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Trowlesworthy 2, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated cairn, photographs of the row and the cairn, and a list of online resources for more information.
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Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Bladup : Trowlesworthy West circle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Postman : Looking over the cairn circle and the terminal stone of the row towards Cadover bridge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Postman : Little cairn circle and the stone row going off to the right past the pillow mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Postman : Nice little cairn circle and the first two stones of the row going off right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Postman : Cairn circle at the end of a stone row and Eric looking inexplicably camp

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Postman : Trowlesworthy West cairn circle, with the dark shapes of Trowlesworthy actual stone circle beyond.

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by SandyG : Kerbed cairn at the upper end of the row. View from above and north (Scale 1m).

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by SandyG : The cairn at the eastern end of the row. View from above and east

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by TheCaptain : The cairn circle at the uphill end of the Trowlesworthy single stone row. Seen here looking west with the row descending the slope beyond the circle

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by TheCaptain : The cairn circle at the uphill end of the Trowlesworthy single stone row.

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by TheCaptain

Trowlesworthy West circle
Trowlesworthy West circle submitted by Bladup : Trowlesworthy West circle, found at the end of the western row.

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 90m W 262° Trowlesworthy West row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX57466397)
 94m SSE 147° Trowlesworthy* Barrow Cemetery (SX57606390)
 100m E 88° Trowlesworthy East circle* Stone Circle (SX57656398)
 126m WSW 250° Trowlesworthy West enclosure* Ring Cairn (SX57436394)
 165m SSE 153° Trowlesworthy East row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX57626383)
 473m N 352° Trowlesworthy Tor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57506445)
 569m NNW 348° Trowlesworthy Tor north settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5745064540)
 860m ESE 109° Lee Moor South* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5835963682)
 861m ESE 107° Hanging Stone (Lee Moor)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX58376371)
 885m NNW 332° Trowlesworthy Warren Cairn (SX57156477)
 1.1km ENE 63° Upper Spanish Lake* Cist (SX58546445)
 1.2km ESE 112° Shell Top Chambered Cairn* Cairn (SX58666349)
 1.2km ESE 121° Lee Moor Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX586633)
 1.3km NNE 26° Willing Walls Warren Ring Cairn Ring Cairn (SX58186517)
 1.4km NNW 344° Legis Tor Enclosures* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX572653)
 1.4km NNE 27° Willing Walls Reave Ring Cairn (SX58226520)
 1.4km NW 316° Shadyback Tor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX566650)
 1.4km NNE 28° Willing Walls Warren Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5826665227)
 1.5km N 359° Legis Tor Ossuary* Cist (SX5757365470)
 1.5km N 352° Legis Tor Cairns* Cist (SX57396548)
 1.5km NNE 27° Lee Moor (Willings Walls) Cist* Cist (SX58286534)
 1.6km N 356° Legis Tor East* Cairn (SX57496554)
 1.8km NW 325° Ringmoor Down Cairn 1* Cairn (SX56566549)
 1.8km WSW 244° Saddlesborough Ring Cairn (SX55876321)
 1.9km NW 323° Brisworthy* Stone Circle (SX5646765489)
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