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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: White Moor Stone Alternative Name: Little Hound Tor outlier; Butler (map 40.5)
Country: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: South Zeal
Map Ref: SX6335289476
Latitude: 50.688842N Longitude: 3.935865W
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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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5 Access:

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
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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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TheCaptain visited on 8th Apr 2025 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Before setting off to Hound Tor, I firstly head southeast to the White Moor stone and the whole of the northeastern moor opens up in front of me, right over to Hamel Down and Hay Tor, which I was not expecting to see.

graemefield visited on 23rd Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 1

TheCaptain visited on 3rd Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Situated on a flat saddle of land between Little Hound Tor and Hound Tor, miles away from any signs of modern life in the middle of the desolate moor, and there are views for miles around in almost all directions from the site. 150 metres southeast of the circle is the Whit Moor Stone, which is more than 5 feet in height, and has been adapted as a parish boundary stone, with its parish marks cut into it. This stone is almost certainly much older than just a boundary stone, and is likely to be associated in some way with the circle. Between this stone and the circle are the remains of a cairn.

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 1.67

150 metres southeast of White Moor Stone circle stands this stone, which is more than 5 feet in height, and has been adapted as a parish boundary stone, with its parish marks cut into it. This stone is almost certainly much older than just a boundary stone, and is likely to be associated in some way with the circle.

Between this stone and the circle are the remains of a cairn.

Update August 2019: This standing stone is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the White Moor Stone Standing Stone and the Little Hound Tor Stone Circle.

The stone is also recorded as recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443700, as MDV4391 (White Moor Stone) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1010785 (White Moor Stone).
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