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<< Our Photo Pages >> Corringdon Ball Cairns - Cairn in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 24 October 2004  Page Views: 4653

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corringdon Ball Cairns Alternative Name: Corringdon Ball NW
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: South Brent  Nearest Village: Didworthy
Map Ref: SX66626125  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.435904N  Longitude: 3.879505W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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
4

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Corringdon Ball N.
Corringdon Ball N. submitted by TheCaptain : View westwards over the cairn circle at the end of the northern single row. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are the remains of several cairns just upslope from the Corringdon Ball complex, on southern Dartmoor in Devon in Devon.

Remains of seven cairns can be found, two of which have complex structures made up of at least six concentric stone rings.

Update September 2019: One of these cairns, Corringdon Ball 6 at SX 66623 61237, is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the East Glazebrook Platform Cairn Circle and The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball.

This cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442102, which covers two ruined cairns at SX 6660 6122 and SX 6662 6121. The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes an entry; see MDV15960 (Multiple ring features at Corringdon Ball, Glasscombe). These cairns are also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1013031 (Multiple stone alignment and associated cairns west of Glasscombe Upper Plantation).
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Corringdon Ball Cairns
Corringdon Ball Cairns submitted by davep : The East Glazebrook Platform Cairn Circle at SX 66623 61237. Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website, site no. 296. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SX6661 : Corringdon Ball stone row by Guy Wareham
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SX6661 : Corringdon Ball, South prehistoric stone row by Sandy Gerrard
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SX6661 : Corringdon Ball, North prehistoric stone row by Sandy Gerrard
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SX6661 : The East Glaze Brook by Tony Atkin
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SX6661 : Ford over the East Glaze Brook by jeff collins
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 41m SSW 193° Corringdon Ball N.* Stone Row / Alignment (SX66616121)
 54m SSE 157° Corringdon Ball Central* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66646120)
 57m SE 127° Corringdon Ball Multiple Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6666561215)
 68m ESE 119° Corringdon Ball S.E.* Stone Circle (SX6667961215)
 78m ESE 124° Corringdon Ball South* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6668461205)
 82m S 188° Corringdon Ball* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6660761169)
 237m ENE 66° Brent Fore Hill* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66846134)
 256m ENE 64° Brent Forehill Encircled Cairn* Cairn (SX6685461356)
 259m W 271° Upper Glazebrook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66366126)
 329m ENE 78° Corringdon Ball Tomb* Chambered Tomb (SX6694561308)
 384m E 80° Ball Gate* Ring Cairn (SX67006131)
 495m SE 137° Corringdon Ball settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66956088)
 685m SW 228° Glasscombe Ball NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6610060802)
 694m ENE 76° Treeland Brake* Stone Row / Alignment (SX673614)
 751m WSW 258° Piles Hill NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65886111)
 756m S 187° Lower Glasscombe* Cist (SX6650660502)
 780m N 356° Hickley Ridge West Cist (SX66596203)
 822m SW 226° Glasscombe Corner Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6601660691)
 857m SW 224° Glasscombe Corner SW Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX6601060646)
 1.1km SW 226° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
 1.2km NNE 30° Hickley Ridge Central* Cist (SX6722462250)
 1.2km SW 226° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
 1.2km SW 225° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
 1.3km S 176° Scad Brook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6667759981)
 1.3km WSW 245° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
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Re: Corringdon Ball NW by TheCaptain on Friday, 02 July 2004
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Condition: 2
Ambience: 3
Access: 3

Corringdon Ball complex, Dartmoor, Devon SX666612
Visited Sunday, 20th June 2004

Not quite sure what is meant to be the NW stone circle, there are a multitude of momuments here.

What I did find was a nice single row of stones, aligned in a southwest to northeast direction, which was terminated by a cairn at its east end. The stones of this row are the biggest of any here, although they are a maximum of only about a foot high, and the row can be followed for more than a hundred metres. The cairn is small, and the remains of a ring of stones can be seen around its outside.

I am lead to believe that there are also the remains of several more cairns just upslope from the cairns at the end of the rows, two of which can be seen to be made up of at least six concentric stone rings. Makes me feel I need to pay another visit at some point, as I am disappointed to have missed those.
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