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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hoccombe Hill (W) - Standing Stones in England in Devon

Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 02 November 2004  Page Views: 7243

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hoccombe Hill (W) Alternative Name: Hoccombe Hill 2
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Lynton  Nearest Village: Simonsbath
Map Ref: SS77074368  Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 51.179098N  Longitude: 3.760066W
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:
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4 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
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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
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Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by Celia Haddon : Hoccombe Hill II. SS 7706 4368. A triangle of three ( I think) medium stones looking out over the valley, near Brendon Two Gates. This setting is Hoccombe Hill II in The Field Archaeology of Exmoor by Hazel Riley and Robert Wilson-North. There’s easy parking at Brendon Two Gates. This isn’t as big as photos look, but it is big enough to be visible – unlike some Exmoor stone settings ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Double Stone Row in Devon

This is an uncertain site according to Burl. Four larger stones with one stone fallen, in a zig-zag pattern; 3 stones about 3 feet tall each, and a long stone at the end is lying. Very impressive this site.

Note: Photo, visit & text by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.
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Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : The southern, downhill three stones are still standing up to three feet high. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : Some of the stones have been interfered with fairly recently, and have a sort of netting in the ground around them. This has perhaps annoyed the sheep, and the erosion around the stones seems particularly severe. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : Northeast of Brendon Two Gates, on the southern facing slopes above Hoccombe Water, are the remains of this stone setting. What I found was four stones in a sort of lightning flash shape, the uppermost one of which was fallen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : The northern, most upslope stone is fallen and laying loose on the surface amongst the heather. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : What I found here was four stones very roughly in a row, the uppermost one of which was fallen.

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain : The stones run up the slope, but are not in a straight line, in fact it’s difficult to describe the shape, a sort of lightning flash, or perhaps a sort of very long thin diamond. The southern, downhill three are still standing. (1 comment)

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TheCaptain

Hoccombe Hill (W)
Hoccombe Hill (W) submitted by TimPrevett : Hoccombe Hill (W) Stone Setting SS771437 Four larger stones with one stone fallen, in a zig-zag pattern; 3 stones about 3 feet tall each, and a long stone at the end is lying. Very impressive this site. Photo, visit & text by Roger Gay, South Molton, Devon. Scanning & editing by Tim Prevett.

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Hoccombe Hill (W) by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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Out on the open moorland to the northeast of Brendon Two Gates, on the southern facing slopes above Hoccombe Water, can be found the remains of this stone setting. What I found March 2007 was four stones very roughly in a row, the uppermost one of which was fallen.

The stones run up the slope, but are not in a straight line, in fact it’s difficult to describe the shape, a sort of lightning flash, or perhaps a sort of very long thin diamond. The southern, downhill three are still standing, up to three feet high, but the northern, most upslope stone is fallen and laying loose on the surface amongst the heather.

Some of the stones have been interfered with fairly recently, and have a sort of netting in the ground around them. This has perhaps annoyed the sheep, and the erosion around the stones seems particularly severe.

In my copy of “The Archaeology of Exmoor”, by L.V. Grinsell (1970), this stone setting is described as a quadrilateral of 5 stones, so showing the destruction of recent times.

I have since been back again, and had a good look round for a fifth stone, but found nothing anywhere obvious.

When looking for this, don’t be confused by a post a hundred metres or so further to the northeast, as I was, which is much more prominent when walking towards this place from most directions.
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Re: Brendon Two Gates by Vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002
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This site was investigated as part of the Exmoor National Park Authority's Condition Survey of Standing Stones.

The site - a quincunx - has never been excavated. Erosion hollows were found around each of the stones (or the settings).

This site was selected by ENPA for a 'practical consolidation' experiment to restore the site and test various methods to protect the small stones from their main threat - sheep.

In November 2001 the fallen stone was re-erected and two other stones protected from further damage and deterioration by covering with hawthorn. The work is being assessed.
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