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Submitted by Simcon on Friday, 26 September 2003  Page Views: 7939

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lower Piles Alternative Name: Turner D13; Dixon 38; Butler Piles Hill SW (V4 53.11.15); Grinsell Harford 8
Country: England County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge  Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX6453660255  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.426483N  Longitude: 3.908473W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 4 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
 5

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Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by simcon : SX645603 Lower Piles Hill Cist, Dartmoor Devon. This is marked on the OS map as one of a pair of cairns, but it's obviously a cist. The view is looking west where you can see Burford Down which has rows and a circle. My OS map doesn't show access for Burford Down and I did find it surrounded by a boundary wall and bracken so I didn't visit it. Right of this picture is the remains of a settlement a... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn with retaining kerb and with cist in Devon

These are marked on the OS map as a pair of cairns, The Higher South East one is a Cairn Circle and cist, The lower North West is a Cairn.

Update November 2019: This cairn and cist are featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Lower Piles Ring Setting Cairn and Cist and the The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball.

The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442339, as MDV4256 (Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles), and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1013101(Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles).
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Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : Lower Piles Cairn Circle and Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Cairn Circle and Cist, I think Dartmoors a bit special. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : Lower Piles Cairn Circle and Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn a little lower down the hill and to the North West of the Cairn Circle and Cist.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : Lower Piles Cairn Circle and Cist

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : Lower Piles Cairn Circle and Cist

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : Lower Piles Cairn Circle and Cist

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn Circle and Cist.

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cist in the Cairn Circle.

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Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn Circle and Cist.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn Circle and Cist, There's worse places to be.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn a little lower down the hill to the North West of the Cairn Circle.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The Cairn a little lower down the hill to the North West of the Cairn Circle (In the Distance).

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Cairn Circle and Cist.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Cairn Circle and Cist, I liked it here, Very quiet.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Cairn Circle and Cist, I liked it here.

Lower Piles
Lower Piles submitted by simcon : SX645603 Lower Piles Hill Cairn, Dartmoor Devon. Marked on the OS map as one of a pair of cairns. In fact the other cairn is a cist and can be seen in this picture higher up the hill. A picture of the cist I have submitted. View 'Lower Piles Hill Cist' for more information about this area.

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 279m NW 322° Lower Piles Enclosed Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX64376048)
 579m S 183° Harford Moor Encircled Cairn* Stone Circle (SX6449459677)
 665m ESE 121° Harford Moor N* Stone Row / Alignment (SX651599)
 723m SE 127° Harford S.* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX651598)
 751m ESE 117° Butterbrook* Stone Row / Alignment (SX652599)
 771m W 261° Burford Down (Tristis Rock)* Cairn (SX63776015)
 838m W 263° Burford Down Cairn Circle* Stone Circle (SX6370060170)
 849m W 262° Burford Down Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63696016)
 936m WNW 296° Burford Down Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX6370360687)
 946m S 184° Harford settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6444559313)
 995m ENE 76° Hobajons Cross* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65516047)
 997m NNE 29° Piles Hill W* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65056111)
 998m NE 48° Piles Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX653609)
 1.0km E 90° Butterdon Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6553960225)
 1.0km SSE 168° Butter Brook* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX64725926)
 1.0km ENE 60° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
 1.1km NW 315° Stalldown South East* Stone Row / Alignment (SX63756107)
 1.2km E 81° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
 1.2km E 80° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
 1.3km ENE 79° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
 1.3km NNW 333° Stalldown Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6397361429)
 1.3km ESE 108° Spurrells Cross Cairn Circle* Stone Circle (SX658598)
 1.3km ESE 104° Spurrells Cross Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6583759896)
 1.4km ESE 105° Spurrell's Cross Row Terminal Cairn Cairn (SX6585859864)
 1.4km E 100° Spurrell's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX65915997)
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Re: Lower Piles by simcon on Monday, 22 September 2003
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Condition|Ambience|Access in my opinion is 354. 5 for ambience is subjective but then again it's out of the way on Dartmoor with magnificent views and you are very likely to be the only one there leaving you free to ponder whatever you like for as long as you want :)
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