Archaeology Notes

Event ID 668955

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ64SE 6 6993 4254

(NJ 6993 4254) Stone Circle (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

The remains of a recumbent stone circle, c. 67' in diameter. Stones removed from the area of the circle are deposited beside the the recumbent stone.

Details of the stones are as follows:

"A": 6'2" (1.5m) x 4'8" (0.8m) x 1'5" (0.5m) whinstone (fallen).

"B": 2'8" (0.7m) x 2' (0.6m) x 1' (0.3m) whinstone.

"C": 4' (1.0m) x 2'7" (0.7m) x 2'4" (0.5m) whinstone.

"D": 4'4" (1.0m) x 2'6" (0.7m) x 1'7" (0.4m) whinstone.

"E": 1' (0.7m) x 3'6" (1.0m) quartz (half-buried).

"F": 4'5" (1.2m) x 2' (1.2m) x (0.5m) unspecified (fallen).

"G": 6'6" (1.5m) x 2'3" (0.6m) x (0.8m) unspecified (fallen).

"H": 5'4" (0.9m) x 2'3" (0.6m) x (0.6m) unspecified (fallen).

"J": 3'4" (0.8m) x 6'10" (2.1m) x 5'8" (1.7m) whinstone and quartz fallen.

"K": 8' (2.3m) x 3' (1.0m) x 1'6"-3'5" (0.6m-1.2m) whinstone.

"L": 6' (1.6m) x 3'10" (1.3m) x 1'8" (0.5m) whinstone fallen.

"M": (1.9m) x (0.7m) x (0.4m) fallen gatepost stone.

"N": (1.9m) x (0.8m) x (0.5m) fallen.

One of the stones bears two iron spikes set in lead, the explanation of which is said to be that the stone was removed for use as a gatepost, but so many accidents happened in consequence that the stone was returned although not to the original position.

F R Coles 1903; J Forrest 1873.

The scant remains of a recumbent stone circle with just the recumbent stone (now surrounded by loose boulders) remaining in situ. The outline of the circle is marked by a faint bank around a dished interior, giving a diameter c. 21.5m, with several displaced stones around its circumference (as planned by Coles {1903}). Stone M contains the "iron spikes". A modern water tank has been erected inside the circle immediately N of the recumbent stone.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (ISS) 3 January 1973.

A recumbent stone circle with both early and late features.

H A W Burl 1973.