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Fernworthy Stone Row

Grid ref: SX 6551 8422

Main image: Fernworthy Stone Row - 39 metres from location - image by Dave Farmer (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Grid reference: SX 6551 8422 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)

A popular claim once held that these rows linked Fernworthy Circle to Scorhill Circle. The antiquarian R. Hansford Worth tested this in 1932, after surveying all three sites directly, and rejected it: "I can find no evidence in support of this statement."

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