Ball Gate Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 06-03-2016
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 66996 61306
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 7739
Megalithic Portal: 45839
PMD: Corringdon Ball Gate cairn
Alternate name: Corringdon Ball N.
Short Name: RC Ball Gate
Butler map: 56.10
Grinsell: SOUTH BRENT 9
Turner: A43
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 28 66
Dimensions (m): 24.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX67006131
Notes: "A very vague circle 21m diameter, which may be the remains of a mutilated cairn. Vis=-/4/1977 (ancient monuments) possibly rather damaged on one side. Vis=23/6/1973 (grinsell, l. V. ). Site of cairn almost levelled probably for material to build the adjoining wall. Shown on OS 6" as 'cairn circle'. Diameter 21m, height 0.4m. Vis=28/7/1977 (os) there is a gap in the rim on the southeast, probably for carts taking away the stone".
Nearby sites: SX67006131
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 28, T.D.A. Vol.41 pp.93-94 (1909)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 66, T.D.A. Vol.79 pp.31-34 (1947)