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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BrisworthyCountry: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Yelverton
Map Ref: SX5646765489 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.471606N Longitude: 4.024006W
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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Catrinm visited on 16th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Catrinm visited on 5th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4 Great site in a bowl. Post lockdown visit made it all the more fab.
michelle_b007 visited on 8th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
graemefield visited on 13th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
BolshieBoris visited on 29th Jul 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
TheCaptain SandyG Bladup AngieLake cazzyjane have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.4 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 3.4
Two 0.9m (3 feet) stones straddle the east side of the ring. Only 3 stones were standing prior to reconstruction in 1909.
Access: A 400m walk from Brisworthy Farm.
Page originally by Tom Bullock
Update August 2019: This stone circle is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Brisworthy Stone Circle. PDW notes: "The Brisworthy circle underwent major reconstruction carried out by Breton and the Barrow Committee in 1909. At the time only 4 stones remained standing whilst another 21 were lying roughly in place. Some 15 stones out of 40 are missing, no doubt robbed for nearby enclosures and walls".
The circle is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438683, which adds the diameter of the circle varies between 27.0m and 24.0m. It is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1012227. The Devon & Dartmoor HER also includes an entry for MDV3983 (Brisworthy Stone Circle, Sheepstor).
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