High Willhays Ridge Ring/Bank (with Pool)

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The highest pool in Southern England! Also listed under ‘Ring Cairns’ out of curiosity.

This ring/bank is clearly man made, it’s associated with a small, low outcrop the N end of the High Willhays ridge. It holds a small pool currently but I suspect this is seasonal. I wonder if it’s a ring cairn like those at Branscombe’s Loaf for example, but the blocks on the bank look ‘long’ and stacked more like a wall. Who knows!

Reference: Featured Image, NGR and details kindly supplied by Steve Granger.

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