<< Our Photo Pages >> Sherberton circle - Stone Circle in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sherberton circle Alternative Name: Turner G5Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Hexworthy
Map Ref: SX6394073173 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.542452N Longitude: 3.921564W
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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AndyG visited on 20th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 11th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 23rd Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
markj99 visited on 30th Nov 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 It is always disappointing to realise that practical considerations take precedence over the sanctity of an ancient site. Somebody thought it was easier to vandalise a stone circle rather than alter the course of a field boundary. At least the Sherberton Stone Circle has survived in its somewhat ruined state.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 3
A field wall has been constructed through the southern part of the circle, and probably contains many of its original stones.
Update November 2019: For more information about this stone circle and its possible relationship to the Sherberton Stone Row, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Sherberton Row, which explains: "The [Sherberton Stone] row is orientated north to south and points towards a stone circle a short distance away to the south on the other side of the hill. It is not known if the row ever reached the stone circle, but it seems likely". The SRoGB also includes a plan of the row and photographs of the stone circle.
This stone circle is also included on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Sherberton Stone Circle, which adds that this is: "(the) remains of a 97 ft diameter stone circle with a stone wall passing through its western side. Nine of the original stones are still standing, plus one larger stone which is incorporated in the remains of the old wall which bisects the western extremity of the circle. This stone appears to have been removed from the original circumference, and its height is 1.4m".
The circle is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443298 and as MDV6290 (Sherberton Stone Circle) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. The monument is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1002535 (Sherberton stone circle 315m SSE of Little Sherberton), which adds: "no stones remain standing to the west of this (field) boundary. Some of the stones were removed to be re-used as gate posts".
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