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Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle
Date Added: 5th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle submitted by baz on 3rd May 2003. Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle (NY587155).
Ten stones form this small stone circle which is now huddled up against a drystone wall, in a field with a locked gate. On the other side of the wall, there appears to be a stone row.
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Log Text: Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle is easy to visit, located adjacent to a minor road to Orton near Shap. This small stone circle consists of an assortment of rounded stones. Despite its stature this site is well worth a visit.
Stowe's Pound
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Stowe's Pound submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Sep 2017. Stones from Stowe's Pound on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, are being used to build the "fairy stacks" by people "probably unaware" they are breaking the law. The stacks have been described as "historic vandalism".
Picture from Stuart Dow via BBC
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Log Text: I have visited Stowe's Pound on several occasions without exploring it fully. This time I made a clockwise circuit round the enclosure from the Cheesewring. The enclosure is dominated by the stone stacks on the summit of Stowe's Hill.
The Cheesewring
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Cheesewring submitted by cazzyjane on 13th Oct 2010. The Cheesewring looks down on the wonderful moorland surrounding it.
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Log Text: The Cheesewring may not be man-made but it is still well worth an inclusion in TMP. A visit to Minions is not complete without a walk to Stowe's Hill via The Hurlers, followed naturally by a cream tea.
The Hurlers
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Hurlers submitted by wayland on 10th Sep 2004. Middle-earth Gallery
Fog on the Barrow-Downs.
Fellowship of the Ring Book One Chapter VIII
Three stone circles almost in the shadow of two tin mines.
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Log Text: It would be unthinkable to visit Minions without a short stroll to the mysterious Hurlers Stone Circles followed by a Cream Tea.
The Hurlers (C)
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Hurlers (C) submitted by markj99 on 7th Mar 2023. The Hurlers Central Stone Circle viewed from S.
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Log Text: It would be unthinkable to visit Minions without a short stroll to the mysterious Hurlers Stone Circles followed by a Cream Tea.
The Hurlers (S)
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Hurlers (S) submitted by threlkeld on 21st May 2020. The Hurlers Central & North from the Hurlers South.
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Log Text: The Hurlers S Stone Circle requires a lot of imagination to reconstruct the original circle in your mind. It is in the shadow of it's more impressive neighbours. One for the antiquarians.
The Hurlers (N)
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Hurlers (N) submitted by hoya105 on 23rd Jul 2019. the northernmost stones..
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Log Text: A visit to Minions is unthinakble without a stroll to the Hurlers and a Cream Tea.
The Hurlers Pipers
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Hurlers Pipers submitted by JimChampion on 24th Aug 2007. View through the 'goalposts' of the Pipers, neatly framing Stowe's Hill in the distance (home of the Cheesewring natural rock feature and the neolithic enclosure of Stowe's Pound). These two stones stand to the west of the Hurlers stone circles. The dung in the foreground is from the ponies that graze the moor.
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Log Text: These standing stones would be the star attraction if the Hurlers Stone Circles were not several hundred yards away. As it is this pair of stone have a strong gravitas.
The Long Stone (Minions)
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Long Stone (Minions) submitted by thecaptain on 31st Aug 2008. Long Tom, near Minions.
Picture from about 1980.
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Log Text: I found an OS Benchmark on the W Face of The Long Stone (Minions) on my latest visit.
Pawton Gate
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pawton Gate submitted by markj99 on 7th Mar 2023. Pawton Gate Barrow viewed from W.
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Log Text: Pawton Gate Barrow is on the N margin of a field c. 150 yards N of Roseannon Downs.
St Breock Downs North
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
St Breock Downs North submitted by markj99 on 6th Mar 2023. St Breock Downs NW Barrow viewed from S.
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Log Text: When visiting Men Gurta at St Breock Beacon, St Breock N Barrow Cemetery lies to the E in a field S of the windfarm. They are obvious low mounds in flat pastureland.
Nine Maidens Stone Row
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup on 16th Feb 2023. Nine Maidens Stone Row looking SW
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Log Text: It is easy to visit this stone row from a dedicated lay-by on the A39. The substantial length of the stone row and height of the stones are impressive.
The Fiddler
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Fiddler submitted by Bladup on 17th Feb 2023. The Fiddler looking North
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Log Text: The Fiddler Stone is an irregular chest shaped stone in the corner of a field c. 30 yards N of SW 93919 68180. It is difficult to imagine how the stone originally looked.
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S submitted by markj99 on 3rd Feb 2021. Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Ring Cairn Circle
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Ring Cairn Circle submitted by Bladup on 17th Dec 2021. Stalldown Ring Cairn looking West, Some of the stones of Stalldon Stone Row are just visible on the little hillock in the photo's middle distance
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E submitted by markj99 on 3rd Feb 2021. Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E lies in open moorland.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Cairn Circle
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Cairn Circle submitted by davep on 8th Nov 2019. The cairn in the middle of Stalldown Stone Row. From the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) page for Stalldown Cairn Circle.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown North
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown North submitted by Anne T on 8th Oct 2016. The Stalldown North Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldon Row
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldon Row submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Sep 2006. The northern end of the row has 4 wonderful large (2 metres plus) stones still standing, which can be seen from miles away all over the southern moor, and look in many ways like walkers on the hilltop.
Seen here looking to the north, the wild moorland stretches off into the distance.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Hautville's Quoit
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hautville's Quoit submitted by bec-zog on 29th Oct 2003. Hautville Quoit. Late neolithic remnant. Located @ ST 602,638 (NNE 0f Stanton Drew Great Circle)
Aligns with centre of the Great Circle & the SW Circle.
Possibly part of a larger, now destroyed, structure.
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Log Text: The remaining stone of Hauteville's Quoit half-buried next to a hedge requires more imagination than I have to reconstruct the monument. One for the completists.