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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Longstone Hill cairnCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.161 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Meldon
Map Ref: SX56709113
Latitude: 50.702105N Longitude: 4.030617W
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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 2nd Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 From the Longstone, I head northwards along the summit trackway which takes me past the stony cairn on my way down to the dam and back across to the car. Now very weary, I head for a well deserved pint at Betty Cottles.
Pastscape Monument No. 969170 says: "(this is) a disturbed cairn on the level summit of Longstone Hill 60m E of the flagstaff. The circular cairn measures 9.4m in diameter and stands 0.4m high. The centre of the mound is occupied by an amorphous hollow, presumably the site of an unrecorded antiquarian excavation. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a cist or kerb. This feature lies amidst a large number of cairns (at least 64) that litter the summit and ridgeline of Longstone Hill. It differs in being circular and larger than those surrounding it and is probably earlier in origin.
The excavation has exposed some of the boulders and stones that make up the cairn's fabric and these have recently been moved to create a smaller cairn on the S edge of this feature".
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