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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Legis Tor East Alternative Name: Grinsell Sheepstor 23; Turner E42; Dixon 49; Butler Legis Tor E (V3 49.2.1)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Sheepstor / Lee Moor
Map Ref: SX57496554
Latitude: 50.472314N Longitude: 4.009619W
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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Just over 420 metres to the south west of Legis Tor Cairns, at grid reference SX57496554, another cairn featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website is the Legis Tor East Platform Cairn Circle and Cist which has one side and one end stone in position, with some stones remaining in the retaining circle.
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438689, as MDV3424 (Cairn at Legistor Warren) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1019876 (Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor).
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108m SE 129° Legis Tor Ossuary* Cist (SX5757365470)
116m WSW 237° Legis Tor Cairns* Cist (SX57396548)
376m SW 229° Legis Tor Enclosures* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX572653)
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835m ESE 110° Willing Walls Warren Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5826665227)
841m SSW 202° Trowlesworthy Warren Cairn (SX57156477)
892m ENE 78° Ditsworthy Circle* Cairn (SX58376570)
924m WNW 282° Ringmoor Down Cairn 2* Cairn (SX56596576)
929m W 265° Ringmoor Down Cairn 1* Cairn (SX56566549)
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1.0km W 266° Brisworthy* Stone Circle (SX5646765489)
1.0km WSW 237° Shadyback Tor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX566650)
1.1km S 178° Trowlesworthy Tor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57506445)
1.1km WNW 282° Ringmoor Down* Barrow Cemetery (SX56406580)
1.2km WNW 282° Ringmoor Down stone circle* Stone Circle (SX56336581)
1.2km WNW 299° Ringmoor Down Stone Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX56416617)
1.3km N 4° Gutter Tor South* Cist (SX5760966828)
1.4km WNW 285° Ringmoor Down Cairn 3* Cairn (SX5615465937)
1.4km NE 46° Eastern Tor settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX5852966487)
1.4km WNW 283° Ringmoor Down Cairn 4* Ring Cairn (SX5610265907)
1.5km SE 135° Upper Spanish Lake* Cist (SX58546445)
1.6km WSW 254° Brisworthy Cup Stone* Rock Art (SX55986516)
1.6km S 176° Trowlesworthy West circle* Stone Circle (SX57556398)
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