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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lanacombe 4 Alternative Name: Lanacombe (NE)
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Minehead  Nearest Village: Simonsbath
Map Ref: SS78644316
Latitude: 51.174760N  Longitude: 3.73744W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 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
0No data.
 2 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
 4

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Lanacombe 4
Lanacombe 4 submitted by thecaptain : What did I find here ? Absolutely nothing. Not a Sausage. Diddley Squat. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone setting on Exmoor, perhaps a stone row, consisting of 5 stones.
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Re: Lanacombe 4 by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 28 March 2007
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There was certainly nothing of a 0.7 metre stone still standing anywhere in the vicinity in March 2007. Its either fallen been knocked over, or taken away.

So another of these Exmoor stone settings has been seriously damaged in the last decade or so. An all to common occurrence.
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Re: Lanacombe 4 by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 28 March 2007
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Bits and pieces from Somerset SMR...

"Two upright stones 0.2 and 0.7m high, fallen slab 0.75m long. Other stones may be natural" RCHME "Lithic monuments..." 1992 SS74SE88 p45 SCC.

"Larger stone is prominent c.0.7m high on the tip of Lanacombe hill overlooking convergence of two combes." Preece,A 1993.

"Survey into the condition of the report records five stones, one of which is in an active erosion hollow." Blackmore O A Condition Survey of Standing Stones on Exmoor National Park Authority Owned Land.

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Re: Lanacombe 4 by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 28 March 2007
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I spent ages looking for this, using not only maps, gps and 8 fig grid ref from Somerset SMR, but also just using my stonehunting instincts in my head, having found a lot of these small Exmoor stone settings beforehand without having to resort to modern technology (not always the best way anyhow, because of innaccurate reference data).

What did I find ? Absolutely nothing. Not a Sausage. Diddley Squat.

I am not saying there is nothing here, it could easily be that all the stones are fallen and buried under the peat and grass. As were 4 of the 5 stones at Lanacombe 3. But then I found them.

I have to admit that hunting down these Exmoor stone settings has become quite a challenge to me. I thought I had done well on Dartmoor finding some difficult to find places, including the probable remains of a long lost stone circle. But these are something else. They don't all occupy the same sort of position in the landscape. They are not on ridgetops or valley bottoms, nor facing in any particular direction. And don't even think of hunting them down in summer when everything has grown !!! This is a winter or early spring activity !!!
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