<< Our Photo Pages >> Ringmoor Down Cairn 4 - Ring Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringmoor Down Cairn 4 Alternative Name: Ringmoor N; Turner A2Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.191 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Princetown Nearest Village: Sheepstor / Lovaton
Map Ref: SX5610265907
Latitude: 50.475273N Longitude: 4.029307W
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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Catrinm visited on 10th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1.5 Ambience: 2.5 Access: 3
It is not easy to find, although given the right conditions, the central area can be seen to be flattened off from the basic moor.
Update November 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Ringmore Down Stone Ring Cairn Circle and the Ringmoor Stone Row & Cairn Circle.
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 438953, as MDV19760 (Embanked Circle 550 metres north-west of Brisworthy Stone Circle), and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1012084 (Enclosure north-east of Brisworthy Plantation).
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