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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002535) describes a stone circle on the crest of a ridge that forms the watershed between the valleys of the West Dart and Swincombe Rivers. It is an incomplete ring 29.6 metres across. Nine stones still stand, averaging 0.65 metres high. A much larger slab up to 1.5 metres high has been turned on its side and forms part of a field wall, and two fallen stones over 2 metres long lie on the perimeter. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 1.7 km west of Hexworthy.
The spacing of the stones varies. A field boundary cuts the circle and divides the western quarter from the rest, and no stones stand west of it. Some of the stones were taken away and reused as gate posts.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1002535, which cites the Dartmoor National Park Authority HER (SX67SW48), the National Monuments Record (SX67SW23), PastScape 443298 and Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 4 (1993), pages 217 to 218.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1002535)
- Grid reference: SX 6393 7317 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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