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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Quintins Man Alternative Name: Quintin's ManCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton / Tavistock Nearest Village: Frenchbeer
Map Ref: SX62098386
Latitude: 50.638070N Longitude: 3.951626W
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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Cairn in Devon
Whilst its name suggests as standing stone, Quintins Man is actually (now) a cairn. Information from this site comes from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes tell us this is "a cairn; the name implies a standing stone, but there is no knowledge of one in living memory."
The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument Number 443946, which adds that "the remains of a large cairn lie on the edge of a flat-topped spur overlooking the North Teign Valley at SX 62108386, 600m east of Teign Head, and close to some buildings used by the MoD. The cairn comprises a large, turf-covered stony mound, 17.5m N-S, 16.5m E-W, and 1.6m high. A light shelf lies around the south eastern quadrant. There is a circular depression in the centre which measures 6.5m in diameter and 0.7m deep. Built into this depression is a circular shelter, some 2.6m in diameter, with an entrance to the southeast The central depression seems to have been made some time after 1979, whilst the small shelter was built some time after 1994 ... there is some visitor damage - stones removed from the fabric are being used to heighten the walls of the shelter."
The cairn is also recorded as MDV6765 (BARROW in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1017991 (Quintin's Man round cairn).
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