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Natural PlacesSite Name: Meacombe Cist Landscape Alternative Name: Meacombe Quartz StoneCountry: England County: Devon Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Moretonhampstead
Map Ref: SX726867
Latitude: 50.665991N Longitude: 3.804057W
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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I really DO think there's a possibility that this area was once a large ceremonial/burial complex.
Our first investigation was of a block of quartz lying just under the southern hedge of the long field containing Meacombe Cist.
According to the OS map this stone is close to a public footpath, though to be honest, we could not see any evidence of this path.
The stone caught my eye when looking south from Meacombe Cist, so before we left the area we went to investigate.
It was a pinkish quartz, and could have possibly been a capstone, similar in size to Meacombe Cist's. One feature was a hole in the upper face, which might have been seen as 'special' if it had been used in building a tomb or other 'sacred' construction.
The second feature lay out of our reach:
Looking over the hedge to the field further south we saw, at the far end, a huge tilted rock (a bit like a dolphin head) sticking out of the ground, with others lying prone beside it. Dartmoor being Dartmoor, this could be anything, but given the level ridge with its amazing views, and the evidence at the northern end of the ridge, nr. Meacombe Cist, of another possible ruined tomb, plus the actual remains of Meacombe Cist, and a possible cairn circle near the roadside hedge, they could all be evidence for a large complex.
The third possible feature:
Looking over the southern hedge towards the roadside gateway just inside that field, one of the gateposts was suspiciously 'standing stone' shaped... tall and smoothly pointed.
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