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Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 30 May 2013 Page Views: 2482

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringmoor Down Cairn 4 Alternative Name: Ringmoor N; Turner A2
Country: England 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

2 Ambience:

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

4 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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3 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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**Ringmoor Down Cairn 4** submitted by TheCaptain : marked on the OS map as enclosure, is likely the remains of a fairly large ring cairn of 35 metres diameter. 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

On the open moor of Ringmoor Down, to the north of Brisworthy, several varied cairns can be found. Cairn 4 is marked on the OS map as enclosure, about 100m southwest of the circle of stones, and is likely the remains of a fairly large ring cairn of 35 metres diameter.

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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SX5665 : Ancient Boundary Work, Ringmoor Down by jeff collins — by jeff collins
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SX5665 : Ringmoor Down Stone Row by Guy Wareham — by Guy Wareham
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SX5665 : Ringmoor Down prehistoric stone row by Sandy Gerrard — by Sandy Gerrard
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SX5666 : Cairns on Ringmoor Down by Derek Harper — by Derek Harper
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