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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ring-in-the-Mire - Misc. Earthwork in England in Devon

Submitted by EbenMC on Wednesday, 03 April 2024  Page Views: 1192

Multi-periodSite Name: Ring-in-the-Mire
Country: England County: Devon Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Honiton  Nearest Village: Farway
Map Ref: SY1548695932
Latitude: 50.756807N  Longitude: 3.19952W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ring-in-the-Mire submitted by EbenMC : Ring-in-the-Mire on 6/11/23 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Designated as a site where four parishes converge the Ring-in-the-Mire is an ancient pond where the parishes of Honiton, Sidbury, Gittisham and Farway meet. It is said that Isabella De Fortibus, the 8th Countess of Devon settled the boundaries after a dispute by throwing her ring into the mire, the name has since stuck. The pond was later associated with Farway Castle in Devon

Note: See also the 1845 painting of Ring-in-the-Mire on this page
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Ring-in-the-Mire
Ring-in-the-Mire submitted by EbenMC : Ring-in-the-Mire in the Spring sunshine on the 24th of April 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ring-in-the-Mire
Ring-in-the-Mire submitted by EbenMC : Painting of the Ring-in-the-Mire by Peter Orlando Hutchinson in 1845 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SY1595 : Old Milestone by the former B3174, Seaton Road, Farway parish by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
SY1595 : The East Devon Way entering woods on Farway Hill by Tim Heaton
by Tim Heaton
©2024(licence)
SY1595 : House Near Farway Castle by Nigel Mykura
by Nigel Mykura
©2019(licence)
SY1595 : Track to Court Farm by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2018(licence)
SY1595 : Trees lining Seaton Road by David Smith
by David Smith
©2012(licence)

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"Ring-in-the-Mire" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
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Re: Ring-in-the-Mire by Anne T on Saturday, 27 January 2024
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Just to note that I've not been able to find this pond on UK Grid Reference Finder or Google Earth, and it's not shown on the Historic England map search of the area, although this may be me missing it in the images. However, it is mentioned in the Historic Gateway (see below).

The name 'Ring-in-the-Mire' appears to be the name of both the pond and the general area. The location of the pond is shown on the 1888 6 inch OS map (see Devonshire Sheet LXX.SE, shared under the NMS Creative Commons Attribution Licence, and reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

There are a number of ancient monuments in the vicinity of this area (check by typing in the grid reference given to the Historic England Map search page). Specific reference is given in Heritage Gateway HER number MDV10688 for Farway Castle. This is a lengthy entry, but states: "The ponds and standing water at Farway Castle and Ring in the Mire have the potential to have been important places in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (Bradley 2000)". Farway Castle has been used in multiple periods, the earliest of which dates from the Iron Age.

Thanks to EbenMC for the site page; if anyone has any more information about this site, or photographs, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Thank you.
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