<< Our Photo Pages >> Corringdon Ball Cairns - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corringdon Ball Cairns Alternative Name: Corringdon Ball NWCountry: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: South Brent Nearest Village: Didworthy
Map Ref: SX66626125 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.435904N Longitude: 3.879505W
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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Remains of seven cairns can be found, two of which have complex structures made up of at least six concentric stone rings.
Update September 2019: One of these cairns, Corringdon Ball 6 at SX 66623 61237, is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the East Glazebrook Platform Cairn Circle and The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball.
This cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442102, which covers two ruined cairns at SX 6660 6122 and SX 6662 6121. The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes an entry; see MDV15960 (Multiple ring features at Corringdon Ball, Glasscombe). These cairns are also scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1013031 (Multiple stone alignment and associated cairns west of Glasscombe Upper Plantation).
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41m SSW 193° Corringdon Ball N.* Stone Row / Alignment (SX66616121)
54m SSE 157° Corringdon Ball Central* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66646120)
57m SE 127° Corringdon Ball Multiple Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX6666561215)
68m ESE 119° Corringdon Ball S.E.* Stone Circle (SX6667961215)
78m ESE 124° Corringdon Ball South* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6668461205)
82m S 188° Corringdon Ball* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6660761169)
237m ENE 66° Brent Fore Hill* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX66846134)
256m ENE 64° Brent Forehill Encircled Cairn* Cairn (SX6685461356)
259m W 271° Upper Glazebrook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66366126)
329m ENE 78° Corringdon Ball Tomb* Chambered Tomb (SX6694561308)
384m E 80° Ball Gate* Ring Cairn (SX67006131)
495m SE 137° Corringdon Ball settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX66956088)
685m SW 228° Glasscombe Ball NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6610060802)
694m ENE 76° Treeland Brake* Stone Row / Alignment (SX673614)
751m WSW 258° Piles Hill NE* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65886111)
756m S 187° Lower Glasscombe* Cist (SX6650660502)
780m N 356° Hickley Ridge West Cist (SX66596203)
822m SW 226° Glasscombe Corner Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6601660691)
857m SW 224° Glasscombe Corner SW Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX6601060646)
1.1km SW 226° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
1.2km NNE 30° Hickley Ridge Central* Cist (SX6722462250)
1.2km SW 226° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
1.2km SW 225° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
1.3km S 176° Scad Brook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6667759981)
1.3km WSW 245° The Longstone (Piles Hill)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65436074)
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