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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shovel Down stone circle Alternative Name: Shovel Down NW
Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX65828620 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.659973N Longitude: 3.899757W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 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
0	No data.

4 Accuracy:

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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Anne T visited on 16th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Shovel Down Stone Circle: Before we visited this site, I thought there would be nothing to see, but I was wrong. Whilst there are just three stones remaining, they appear to the eye to sit along the arc of a circle. However, the authenticity of this stone circle is queried by Pastscape. The stones are sited in deep, tussocky grass, I was very pleased to be able to reach this stone circle, not far off the main footpath, using my walking poles to balance. Our GPS recorded the three stones at: SX 65830 86187, SX 65822 86196 and SX 65823 86199

SandyG TheCaptain have visited here

The Stone Circle at the Shovel Down complex is probably the oldest of the monuments in this ceremonial centre.

The remains of Shovel Down stone circle lie up the hillside to the west of the northerly end of row 3. There are only 3 standing flat topped slabs of this 18m diameter circle remaining, but there are 3 other stones lying flat to the ground which are probably part of the circle. Strangely, the circle is not positioned on a flat piece of land, and unusually is on quite a slope.

This stone circle is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443619. Pastscape doubts the authenticity of the circle, adding that the three stone slabs average 0.7m long by 0.8m high. The stones "appear to be set on the same circumference …. Peat digging has occurred over part of the site, and other stones may have been removed for local walling". The circle is also recorded as MDV29944 (Possible stone circle on Shovel Down) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1017874(The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge).

The circle is also featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entries for the Shovel Down Stone Circle and the Shovel Down Complex.
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