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<< Text Pages >> Whitchurch Common - Ring Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Sunday, 14 July 2002  Page Views: 4932

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Whitchurch Common Alternative Name: Turner A41; Whitchurch Common 1
Country: England County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Tavistock
Map Ref: SX5301674995  Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.556181N  Longitude: 4.076349W
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.
5 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.
4 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
5

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Ring cairn in Devon

Circle diameter: 10 feet, Number of stones: 5 or 6
Nothing is shown on the OS Map, but an embankment is visible at these coordinates, and several stones are embedded in it. Burl provides OS coordiates of SX530749. Butler, on the other hand, provides coordinates of SX54147488, but what is at that location does not correspond to his description. I can imagine a mutilated cairn at the site, but there is such a plethora of stones at the site, that I am unable to verify it as a cairn.

Update December 2019: This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Whitchurch Common (N) Stone Ring Cairn Circle. The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 1362094, and as MDV4115 (Ring cairn in the parish of Whitchurch) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, which adds: "This feature visible on (aerial photographs) more resembles a hut circle with entrance in west."
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Whitchurch Common Wayside Cross
Whitchurch Common Wayside Cross submitted by Antonine : Photo taken in 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SX5275 : Whitchurch Common by Ian Capper
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SX5375 : Pony on Whitchurch Common by Philip Halling
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SX5374 : Whitchurch Common by Derek Harper
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SX5375 : Footpaths from the Car Park by Tony Atkin
by Tony Atkin
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SX5375 : A monument at Cox Tor car park by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
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 825m SSE 148° Windy Post Cross* Ancient Cross (SX53437428)
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 2.3km E 95° Merrivale NW* Stone Circle (SX55307475)
 2.3km E 96° Cairn south of Stone Row B (Merrivale)* Cairn (SX553747)
 2.3km E 92° Merrivale N circle* Stone Circle (SX5532674841)
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 2.4km E 98° Merrivale 5* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5534974592)
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 2.4km E 94° Merrivale SW row 3* Stone Row / Alignment (SX5539474761)
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 2.4km E 93° Merrivale North Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX55457479)
 2.4km E 95° Merrivale Stone Slabs 1 and 2* Stone Row / Alignment (SX55457470)
 2.5km E 94° Merrivale* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX55487477)
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Re: Whitchurch Common by Anonymous on Thursday, 27 March 2014
Can you give me the reference to Burl for this site (Whitchurch Common Stone Circle)?
See http://prehistoricmonumentsofdartmoor.weebly.com/index.html
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