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Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 28 October 2012 Page Views: 8782
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Westmoorgate circleCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Launceston Nearest Village: Altarnun
Map Ref: SX20258073
Latitude: 50.598543N Longitude: 4.541244W
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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The circle consists of 7 fallen stones in the southeastern arc, and I also found 2 more lumps in the ground (possibly buried stones) and a possible broken off stump. The stones are all about a metre or more in length, with a spacing of about 4-5 metres.
I paced out the diameter of the circle to be about 31 paces (33/34 metres?) in both N-S and E-W directions, and would estimate that the complete circle would have been made with 22 or 23 stones. One of the stones of the southeastern arc has a pointed top, which would fit in well with the regular "Bodmin Triangle" theory.
Within the circle, but not exactly at the centre, is an obvious rocky area, perhaps a small cairn, or a broken up centre stone?
I also wondered whether there is an outlier over to the northeast.
Note: Full description, details and photographs now with the Megalithic Portal of this only recently discovered stone circle on Bodmin Moor.
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