<< Our Photo Pages >> Ditsworthy Circle - Cairn in England in Devon
Submitted by Anne T on Friday, 21 October 2016 Page Views: 1462
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ditsworthy Circle Alternative Name: Grinsell List B Sheepstor 36Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Sheepstor / Cadover Bridge
Map Ref: SX58376570
Latitude: 50.473965N Longitude: 3.997286W
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 |
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.
Internal Links:
External Links:
Cairn in Devon
Information about the Ditsworthy Circle Ring Setting Cairn and Cist comes from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes tell us this site comprises the "remains of a ring cairn with three hollows visible within the circle of stones. Two of these probably represent the sites of the two cists recorded by Breton who referred to this cairn as the 'Ditsworthy Circle'. Nothing can be seen of the cists today."
The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument Number 438980, which adds that the site is "On a slight north-west facing slope, in a relatively stone free area at 312m. OD, is a circle of stones averaging 7.0m. diameter and up to 0.7m. high (though most of the earthfast blocks and slabs are from 0.2m. to 0.4m. high). A few slabs are recumbent; other stones often just protrude from the turf particularly within the perimeter where the interior has two rectangular pits 0.2m. deep. There is no central mound and the pits do not seem to represent robbed cists, but the stones certainly indicate the remains of a cairn circle."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV42211 dates the cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC). The cairn is scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1019082 (Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren.)
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
371m SSW 192° Lee Moor (Willings Walls) Cist* Cist (SX58286534)
484m S 191° Willing Walls Warren Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5826665227)
522m SSW 195° Willing Walls Reave Ring Cairn (SX58226520)
563m SSW 198° Willing Walls Warren Ring Cairn Ring Cairn (SX58186517)
723m E 81° Hentor Farm* Cairn (SX5908965792)
803m N 10° Eastern Tor settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5852966487)
827m WSW 252° Legis Tor Ossuary* Cist (SX5757365470)
878m E 87° Hentor 1* Cist (SX59256572)
892m WSW 258° Legis Tor East* Cairn (SX57496554)
1.0km WSW 256° Legis Tor Cairns* Cist (SX57396548)
1.0km E 83° Hentor Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5937265801)
1.1km ENE 58° Shavercombe Pound Ancient Village or Settlement (SX59366629)
1.2km E 83° Hentor B* Cairn (SX5956765806)
1.2km NNE 31° Drizzlecombe cist 22* Cist (SX59036673)
1.2km WSW 250° Legis Tor Enclosures* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX572653)
1.2km E 80° Hentor C* Cairn (SX5960065874)
1.3km E 85° Hentor Warren* Cairn (SX5963265777)
1.3km S 171° Upper Spanish Lake* Cist (SX58546445)
1.3km NNE 14° Drizzlecombe Brook* Marker Stone (SX5870966946)
1.3km E 88° Hentor A Cairn (SX59706570)
1.3km N 5° Whittenknowles Rocks* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5852867024)
1.3km NNE 29° Drizzlecombe menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX5905766860)
1.4km NW 325° Gutter Tor South* Cist (SX5760966828)
1.4km NE 42° Giant's hill cairn* Cairn (SX59316670)
1.4km NNE 25° Drizzlecombe stone 4* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX58996694)
View more nearby sites and additional images