Archaeology Notes

Event ID 669030

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ62NW 2 6187 2729

See also NJ62NW 3.

(NJ 6187 2729) Standing Stones (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

This stone circle is obliterated except for the recumbent stone c. 11ft (3.4m) long, and the E pillar stone c. 9ft (2.7m) high, with three small earthfast stones in front of them, apparently part of the original setting (Coles 1902). Three other stones were removed some years before 1866 (ONB 1867).

F R Coles 1902; Name Book 1867.

The remains of a recumbent stone circle as described and planned by Coles except that the E flanker is now fallen.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 4 March 1969.

The remains of this stone circle comprise the recumbent stone and a fallen slab that originally flanked its E end. The recumbent, however, is still in situ, and measures 3.2m in length by 0.8m in thickness and 2.2m in height. The fallen flanking stone measures 2.9m in length and the angle between it and the rear of the recumbent stone has been filled with field-cleared stones.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 22 February 1996.