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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist - Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by Anne T on Saturday, 26 October 2019  Page Views: 610

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist Alternative Name: Hemstone Rocks N2; Grinsell Lydford 17a; Turner D9; Butler Hemstone Rocks N1
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Moretonhampstead  Nearest Village: Frenchbeer
Map Ref: SX6485283850
Latitude: 50.638627N  Longitude: 3.912587W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist
Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist submitted by Anne T : Hemstone Rocks Ring Setting Cairn and Cist at grid reference SX6485383848, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks. Their notes say there are three cairns in the same vicinity, two of which are shown on the OS map, within 40 metres of each other. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn on Dartmoor

This cairn and cist are featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Hemstone Rocks Ring Setting Cairn and Cist, which tells us: "(there is a) central cist. Next to Turner Platform Circle E12 ... There are 3 cairns in the vicinity and they are according to Newman [2013] impossible to match up with the old reports. These cairns were excavated by Baring-Gould in 1900. A flint flake was found in the cist. There is also a rectangular pit in this cairn which could be from the 1900 excavation".

The cairn is also recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No. 443951 and as MDV6729 (Ring cairn north of Hemstone Rocks Settlement, Fernworthy) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. The site is also scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1017986 (Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks).
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Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist
Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist submitted by Bladup : A large platform cairn just to the West of the Cists (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist
Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist submitted by Bladup : Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist, The Main Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist
Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist submitted by Bladup : Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist, Another ruined Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist
Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist submitted by Bladup : Hemstone Rocks Ring Cairn and Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX6483 : Forestry Track by jeff collins
by jeff collins
©2013(licence)
SX6583 : Track in Fernworthy Forest by jeff collins
by jeff collins
©2013(licence)
SX6483 : Fernworthy Forest by Guy Wareham
by Guy Wareham
©2009(licence)
SX6584 : A cleared area of Fernworthy Forest by David Gearing
by David Gearing
©2012(licence)
SX6483 : The View Towards Tom's Hill by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2019(licence)

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 44m S 173° Hemstone Rocks Platform Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6485683806)
 84m SSW 208° Fernworthy settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6481183777)
 254m N 9° Froggymead Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX649841)
 665m ENE 66° Fernworthy Cairn SW* Cairn (SX65478410)
 673m ENE 69° Fernworthy stone row SE* Stone Row / Alignment (SX65498407)
 674m ENE 67° Fernworthy* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65488410)
 675m ENE 66° Fernworthy stone row SW* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6547984105)
 678m ENE 66° Fernworthy circle* Stone Circle (SX65488411)
 680m ENE 68° Fernworthy Cairn SE* Cairn (SX65498409)
 680m ENE 73° Fernworthy Cairn 4* Cairn (SX65518403)
 739m ENE 71° Fernworthy Cairn E* Cairn (SX65568407)
 837m NE 54° Fernworthy Cairn N* Cairn (SX65548433)
 839m NE 53° Fernworthy stone row N* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6553884336)
 1.2km SW 232° Grey Wethers.* Stone Circle (SX63878313)
 1.3km SW 216° South Teignhead* Cairn (SX64088284)
 1.3km SW 219° Sittaford Tor pound* Misc. Earthwork (SX64018288)
 1.4km SSW 208° White Ridge pound* Ring Cairn (SX6416882656)
 1.4km SSW 208° White Ridge Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX6416282653)
 1.5km ESE 106° Lowton Brook West Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX663834)
 1.5km SSW 211° Sittaford Marsh Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6402982560)
 1.5km N 11° Stonetor Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle Ring Cairn (SX65198535)
 1.7km NNE 12° Stonetor Hill Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6525085470)
 1.7km S 173° White Ridge cairn* Round Cairn (SX65028218)
 1.7km E 95° East Lowton settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6653783668)
 1.7km SE 135° Assycombe* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66058260)
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