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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poxwell Cairn
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Osmington
Map Ref: SY74518357  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.651248N  Longitude: 2.361918W
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.
 5 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
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Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by traveller : Poxwell looking slightly west up the incline. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Once named "Pokeswell Druid's Temple", Peter Knight, "Ancient Stones of Dorset" believes this to be the remains of a barrow, with natural Sarsen's around the site.

Whatever the real site maybe, the atmosphere on the day we visted it was magic, the early misty rain on the hill, and the stillness made it a really good place to start the days searching off.
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Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by enkidu41 : SY 7451 8357 Poxwell Cairn, sometimes referred to as Moins Down Stone Circle, is a round barrow with a retaining ring - probably an inner one as there was probably a second larger concentric ring. It is comprised of over 20 stones mostly less than 2' long all now prone. The site also seems to have had stone avenues running from the barrow in both easterly and westerly directions. This shot is of... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by bec-zog : Moigns Down / Poxwell Stone Cairn Circle. SY744,835 . (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by Bladup : Poxwell Cairn circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by TimPrevett : 31st March 2013. Looking N with a couple outliers visible either side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by TimPrevett : Looking NE from the SW of the ring, two outliers or protruding rocks in the foreground. Very heavy trampling from cattle. 31st March 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by TimPrevett : On a bitterly cold day, 31st March 2013. Looking NE to one of the the outlying stones.

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by enkidu41 : SY 7451 8357 This cairn circle, sometimes referred to as Moins Down Stone Circle, is a round barrow with a retaining ring - probably an inner one as there was probably a second larger concentric ring. It is comprised of over 20 stones mostly less than 2' long all now prone. The site also seems to have had stone avenues running from the barrow in both easterly and westerly directions.

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by enkidu41

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by enkidu41

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by enkidu41

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by traveller : Billy, sat on the larger stone, with the Cairn/Barrow entrance in the background. (2 comments)

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by traveller : The Cairn with some Sarsen's lying in the background.

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by TimPrevett : The remains of a barrow atop a ridge, basically! Look at the ridge of any hill going west from here, and you will see examples of what this would have been! Other similar stones were in the area, either showing more barrows, or displaced from this location. There is a clear mound here, and even some kerbing left. It is a short deviation from the footpath, and we were observed for a whi...

Poxwell Cairn
Poxwell Cairn submitted by Brian E Clark : Moigns Down Cairn Circle SY745835 Located near to Poxwell on the road to Osmington & Weymouth. Two set of outliers are within a few metres of the main circle. On each side of the ridge of the hillside are ditches & banks earthworks.

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Re: Poxwell Cairn by enkidu41 on Monday, 19 July 2004
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This site is easily reached from a bridle path running east from the A353 one mile east of Osmington. There is ample parking room by the entrance to the path. The site is a cairn circle situated on Moins Down and is sometimes referred to as Moins Down Stone Circle. The circle is a retaining ring (probably an inner one as there was probably a second larger concentric ring) of the round barrow. It is comprised of over 20 stones mostly less than 2' long all now prone. The site seems to have been of considerable importance as an 1872 description also spoke of avenues of stones running from the barrow in both easterly and westerly directions.
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