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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stannon circleCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Bodmin Nearest Village: St. Breward
Map Ref: SX12578002 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.589748N Longitude: 4.649283W
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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LiveAndrew visited on 26th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
lucasn visited on 3rd Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Catrinm visited on 11th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
ocifant visited on 1st Jan 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Visited with Dr Sandy Gerrrd, and helped identify the nearby stone row.
soulsurfer visited on 13th Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Aug 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.8
As with most circles on this part of Bodmin moor, the largest and most significant stones are triangular in shape, pointing upwards. At the southwest of the circle are a pair of reasonably large stones, a slightly greater distance apart than the norm, with a flat slab between them, which seem to perhaps form some sort of entrance to the circle.
About 80 metres to the northwest of the circle, at SX12518007 is a strange little line arrangement of four stones, two being very pointy topped, from where the circle appears on the skyline.
Access: Turn off B3266 up track towards Stannon china clay tips. Not far from track.
Update November 2019: The stone circle is scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1007764 (Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill), and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 434396.
For more information about the nearby stone row, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Stannon.
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78m NW 308° Stannon stone setting* Standing Stones (SX12518007)
177m SE 131° Stannon South* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX127799)
357m ESE 111° Stannon cairn* Cairn (SX12907988)
496m SSW 212° Dinnever Hill Cairn* Cairn (SX12297961)
628m E 90° Louden west* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX132800)
723m S 183° Middle Moor Cross* Ancient Cross (SX125793)
733m E 100° Louden Hill chamber* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SX13297987)
768m SSW 198° Middle Moor Cairn* Cairn (SX123793)
808m ESE 121° Louden Hill Cairn x* Cairn (SX13257958)
823m SE 127° Louden Hill circle* Stone Circle (SX13217950)
930m ESE 105° Louden Hill 3* Cairn (SX13467974)
991m ESE 109° Louden Hill Cairn* Cairn (SX13507967)
1.0km ESE 107° Louden 1* Cairn (SX13547968)
1.0km ENE 61° Louden Hill 3 Ancient Village or Settlement (SX135805)
1.1km E 99° Louden south* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX137798)
1.2km ESE 102° Louden menhirs* Standing Stones (SX13707974)
1.2km ENE 70° Louden Tor* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX13758040)
1.2km E 100° Louden 2* Cairn (SX13797975)
1.2km ENE 75° Louden Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX13798029)
1.3km NE 51° Stannon Down 2 Cairn (SX136808)
1.3km ENE 76° Louden Hill Long House* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX13848029)
1.3km E 99° Louden Hill Cairn 2* Cairn (SX13867976)
1.3km NE 55° Stannon Down Cairn (SX13688074)
1.3km E 99° Louden Hill Cists* Cairn (SX13877976)
1.4km NE 47° Stannon Down Ancient Village or Settlement (SX136809)
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