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Twitchen Barrows
Round Barrow(s)
Twitchen Barrows (Twitchen Ridge) (Round Barrow(s)) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 1 piece of folklore, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
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Also known as:
Twitchen Ridge
Nearest Town:
South Molton (11km SW)
OS Ref (GB):
SS804324 /
Sheet: 181
Latitude:
51° 4' 40.33" N
Longitude:
3° 42' 27.07" W
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Rhiannon
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- Sites within 20 km -
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Brightworthy Barrows (2.9km NNE) (1 post)
Withypool Stone Circle (3.84km ENE) (3 posts)
Cow Castle (5.09km NNW) (5 posts)
West Anstey Longstone (5.39km E) (3 posts)
Herne's Barrow (6.53km NE) (1 post)
Hangley Cleave (6.91km W) (5 posts)
Wambarrows (7.42km ENE) (3 posts)
Five Barrows (8.41km W) (11 posts)
Caratacus Stone (8.55km ENE) (7 posts)
Mounsey Castle (8.58km E) (2 posts)
Elsworthy (8.84km N) (1 post)
Muxworthy Ridge (9.35km W) (5 posts)
Setta Barrow (9.64km WNW) (3 posts)
Almsworthy Stone Circle (10.11km NNE) (5 posts)
Rowbarrows (11.52km NE) (2 posts)
Shoulsbury Castle (11.84km W) (6 posts)
Clannon Ball Stone Setting (12.05km NW) (3 posts)
Devil's Stone (12.59km ENE) (2 posts)
Dunkery Beacon (12.63km NE) (11 posts)
Porlock Stone Row (12.89km NNE) (3 posts)
Porlock Stone Circle (12.92km NNE) (11 posts)
Hoaroak (13.02km NW) (1 post)
Stoke Pero (13.18km NE) (1 post)
Woodbarrow (13.3km WNW) (2 posts)
Berry Castle (13.64km NNE) (1 post)
Dunkery Hill (13.76km NE) (2 posts)
Longstone Stone Setting (13.97km WNW) (1 post)
Longstone (13.98km WNW) (1 post)
Longstone Barrow (14.12km WNW) (2 posts)
The Longstone (and surroundings) (14.47km WNW) (4 posts)
Dunkery Hill Barrows (14.54km NE) (1 post)
Whit Stones (14.63km NNE) (6 posts)
Pixie Rocks (14.89km WNW) (1 post)
Lype Hill (15.06km ENE) (1 post)
Culbone Stone (15.15km N) (3 posts)
Culbone Hill (15.15km N) (6 posts)
Chapman Barrows (15.24km WNW) (3 posts)
Stone near Roe Barrow (15.96km WNW) (1 post)
Cutcombe (16.34km ENE) (1 post)
Longstone (East Worlington) (16.74km S) (8 posts)
Woolhanger Henge (16.75km WNW) (0 posts)
Broken Barrow (16.76km W) (2 posts)
Paracombe Lane (18.34km WNW) (3 posts)
Leather Barrow (18.79km ENE) (1 post)
Bossington Hill (19.22km NNE) (1 post)
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According to Shirley Toulson's book 'The Moors of the Southwest v1' (1983) these two barrows by the road on Twitchen Ridge are haunted by a guardian - "a spirit more fearsome than the black dog of the
Wambarrows
." Keep on driving, I suggest.
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Rhiannon
16th August 2005ce
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