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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fordsland Ledge Chambered cairnCountry: England County: Devon Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: SX57588888
Latitude: 50.682100N Longitude: 4.017296W
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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TheCaptain visited on 2nd Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 A walk up to the top of southern England, I park at Meldon reservoir and head over the dam then around the lake and up the West Okement river to an area of woodland and waterfalls, at which point I head up towards the top of the ridge north of Black Tor. I almost instantly regret this decision, as it is very hard going in very steep rough and wet ground, and I have a couple of falls, in the meantime seeing several other people descending much further upstream below the tor outcrop. Once up to Black Tor, and extremely weary, I have a serious talk to myself about heading directly back to the car along the track via Longstone Hill, as the weather is worsening and I am really starting to ache. However, after eating a sticky bun I feel the worst is over and decide to carry on up to Fordsland Ledge with its army huts and nice cairn with large stones protruding, seeing heavy rainshowers passing around, but none on me.
lauraaurora visited on 1st Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 2
Update October 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Fordsland Ledge Chambered Cairn, which tells us: "It measures 12.2m by 13.9m in diameter and is 1.1m high. In a hollow in the centre are a number of large stones suggesting the possibility of a former cist or even a chamber, utilizing the natural outcrop as its base".
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440458 and as MDV3169 (Platform cairn 30 metres north-west of Fordsland Ledge) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1010594 (Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge).
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