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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Showery Tor Ring CairnCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Camelford Nearest Village: Camelford
Map Ref: SX14928131
Latitude: 50.602086N Longitude: 4.616764W
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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TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 A day to climb up Roughtor and Brown Willy. Start off up to Showery Tor with its splendid ring cairn around the cheesewring on top.
LiveAndrew visited on 27th May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 13th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 The beautiful pile of weathered and balanced granite slabs at the top of Showery Tor has a very large and well defined ring of stones around it. No doubt this place was of great significance to the ancient people who lived around here.
lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.75 Ambience: 5 Access: 3
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22m E 85° Showery Tor propped stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1494281311)
319m SSW 198° Little Roughtor Cairns* Cairn (SX14818101)
320m SW 229° Roughtor well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX14678111)
463m NW 321° Roughtor NW cairn* Cairn (SX14648168)
465m SSW 203° Little Roughtor propped stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1472580887)
472m N 4° Showery Tor North Cairn 1* Round Cairn (SX14978178)
483m WNW 290° Showery Tor Northwest Cairn 1* Round Cairn (SX14478149)
487m SSW 206° Roughtor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14698088)
507m NW 322° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 1* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14628172)
550m WNW 290° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 3* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14418152)
587m WNW 289° Rough Tor Cairn 3287.30* Cairn (SX14378152)
590m SSW 212° Roughtor Cairn 2 Cairn (SX14598082)
591m SSE 148° Maiden Tor hut circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX15228080)
609m SSW 201° Roughtor 4 Cairn (SX14688075)
625m NW 307° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14438170)
625m SW 234° Roughtor 1 Cairn (SX14408096)
635m SW 215° Roughtor Summit Cairns* Cairn (SX14548080)
666m SW 218° Roughtor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14498080)
679m SW 232° Roughtor 2 Ring Cairn (SX14378091)
699m NW 315° Showery Tor Northwest Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX14448182)
742m WNW 302° Roughtor long cairn* Cairn (SX14308172)
771m SSE 161° Roughtor East Cairn Group* Cairn (SX15148057)
839m W 281° Roughtor north* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX141815)
840m N 359° Showery Tor North Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX14948215)
930m WNW 301° Roughtor North cairn X* Round Cairn (SX14148182)
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