<< Our Photo Pages >> Mattocks Down Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mattocks Down StoneCountry: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Combe Martin Nearest Village: Henstridge
Map Ref: SS60084388 Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 51.176987N Longitude: 4.00306W
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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Update November 2019: This standing stone is recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No. 34797 and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1016656 (Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down).
There was also a second standing stone at this site, but this has since been removed. To find out how these standing stones relate to the nearby barrows and the now destroyed stone row, see The Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Mattocks Down, which includes a plan of this prehistoric landscape, including the row, standing stones and barrows. Also see the 'Mattocks Down Stone Row' in the list of 'nearby sites' below.
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53m NW 319° Mattocks Down Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment (SS6004643921)
121m E 79° Mattocks Down circle Stone Circle (SS602439)
259m E 91° Higher Mattocks Down stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SS60344387)
1.2km W 269° Mattocks Down Barrow* Long Barrow (SS589439)
3.0km N 1° Knap Down* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SS602469)
3.2km W 263° Berry Down Barrow Cemetery (SS569436)
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4.4km NNW 338° Little Hangman Hill Misc. Earthwork (SS585480)
5.0km NNE 30° Trentishoe Settlement and tumuli* Ancient Village or Settlement (SS62714811)
5.1km ENE 66° West Middleton Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SS648458)
5.9km ENE 63° Heale Down* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SS65384645)
5.9km WSW 257° Centery Farm Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SS543427)
6.2km ESE 103° Brockenburrow Lane S Stone Row / Alignment (SS661423)
6.3km ESE 110° Friendship Farm Tumuli* Round Barrow(s) (SS660416)
7.7km ENE 78° Parracombe Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SS67654522)
7.9km WNW 298° Hillsborough* Hillfort (SS532477)
9.2km E 82° Woolhanger henge* Henge (SS692449)
9.2km SSW 199° Burridge Camp Ancient Village or Settlement (SS569352)
9.6km SSE 148° Stoke Rivers fort* Ancient Village or Settlement (SS649356)
9.7km E 92° Chapman Barrows Quincunx* Standing Stones (SS69794333)
9.7km E 91° Chapman Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SS698435)
9.9km E 92° Chapman Down Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SS700432)
10.4km SE 139° Mockham Down Camp* Hillfort (SS66683582)
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