Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West)

Standing Stone / Menhir
SS131446

Nearest town:

Northam (35km E)

OS reference:

SS131446

OS sheet:

180

Latitude:

51° 10' 10.17 N

Longitude:

4° 40' 25.55 W

Added to TMA by

pure joy

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Fieldnotes (1)
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Image of Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West) by pure joy

Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West) – 30.3.2004.

Image credit: Martin Bull

pure joy Apr 19, 2004

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Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West)

Standing Stone / Menhir

pure joy Apr 10, 2004

Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West) – 30.3.2004

Full 8 figure grid ref (from English Heritage scheduling) = SS13084458

Thanks to the detailed English Heritage directions I definitely found this stone. I would add though that this is not in a ‘wall’ as you and I might think of as a field wall. It should really be described as the last remains of an old field wall, i.e. you can clearly see a few stones that are in some sort of line, but that’s all. The ‘standing stone’ does stand out because it is very wide (1.4m – actually slightly wider than it is tall) and like most of the Lundy stones it is not earthfast (i.e. it is set on the ground rather than in the ground and has stones packed around its base to keep it upright).

Ackland’s Moor Standing Stone (West)

Standing Stone / Menhir

pure joy Apr 18, 2004

Detailed info on the Ackland's Moor Standing Stone (West)

Extract from English Heritage’s record of scheduled monuments, via the MAGIC site.

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Ackland’s Moor Cairn Stones

Cairn(s) • 0.1km ENE

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Ackland’s Moor Hut Circle & Enclosure

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Ackland’s Moor Cairns (North)

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Ackland’s Moor Standing Stones

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Beacon Hill Stones

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Halfway Wall Cairn

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Chambered Stone Dwelling

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.51km N

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Tibbetts Hill Cairn

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Tibbetts Lookout Cairn

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Threequarter Wall Cairn

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North End Hut Circles

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Gannets’ Hut Circle

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North Combe Hut Circle

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John O’Groats Cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.2km N

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North End Settlement

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