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<< Our Photo Pages >> Devil's Stone, Shebbear - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Devon
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Submitted by thesabs on Sunday, 12 November 2006 Page Views: 8434
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England
Site Name: Devil's Stone, Shebbear Alternative Name: Devil's Boulder, Devils Stone
Country: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Holsworthy Nearest Village: Shebbear
Map Ref: SS438092 Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.861155N Longitude: 4.220835W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Possible standing stone in Devon. The stone is made from a type of quartz not found in the area, measures about six feet by four feet and weighs about a ton. It is a possible remnant of a standing stone and may have been an original foundation stone for Henscott Church.
Map ref: SS 4409 Directions: The village can be reached from a series of minor roads off the A388, the A3072 or the A386 from Great Torrington.
Note: The bellringers turning the stone a few days ago - folklore in action!
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 Devil's Stone, Shebbear submitted by thesabs
A wider view showing the position near the village sign.
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Re: Devils Stone, Shebbear (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, 05 May 2013 | This is very interesting...! I just watched the videos of it on the Shebbear website.
I think the url was http://www.shebbear.net | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Devils Stone, Shebbear (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 24 January 2007 | Hello,
The stone turning is apparently to stop the village having bad luck for a year and is done on the evening of Guy Folks.
I read this on the Shebbear village website if you want to see more.
http://www.shebbearvillage.co.uk
Simon Webb (France)
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Re: Devils Stone, Shebbear (Score: 1)
by rogerbhutchins on Sunday, 26 November 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | I have not yet seen the stone at Shebbear, but if it is or was a waymark stone, it may have been on the route suggested by the Yar Tor Triple Row which passes through Shebbear on its way to Clovelly. I have not yet had an opportunity to follow this aligment, and would need to find more stones on this route to confirm that it is a way marker.The length of the Yar Tor row is uncertain, and at present it is not possible to calculate the relationship between original row length and Journey length. Unfortunately the Yar Tor Tripple row is almost lost in Gorse, and very difficult to study. A good gorse fire will eventually make it more accesible.
If any one has knowledge of any placed stones on a direct route between Shebbear and Clovelly. please let me know.Any explanation of the stone turning would also be useful.
Roger B. Hutchins | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Devils Stone, Shebbear (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 14 March 2005 | | If you're visiting this stone, it's worth visiting the pub next door - The Devils Stone Inn | [ Reply to This ]
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