Four stones

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Four Stones stone circle

The Four Stones stone circle is located in Presteigne near Old Radnor in Powys in Wales . A stone circle of the same name is located at Beith in North Ayrshire .

This is not an example of a four-post stone circle found in Scotland. The small stone circle is about 3.5 m in diameter and consists of four massive boulders with flat sides on the inside. The four stones stand in a small ring and were wrongly interpreted as the remains of a burial chamber. Three are in situ , the fourth has fallen over. A fifth stone may have been moved to Old Radnor Church. The largest stone is approximately 1.75 m high and has in the southwest has three bowls ( English cups ).

Legends

A local legend counts: “A great battle was fought here and four kings were killed. The four stones were erected over their graves ”. Another legend reports that the stones go to the Hindwell Pool to drink at night when the church bells ring. One author mentions that at the time of writing, many farmers were still impressed by the stones. The grass around them was left uncut and people avoided going near them after dark.

literature

  • Aubrey Burl: Four-posters: Bronze Age stone circles of Western Europe. BAR, Oxford 1988, pp. 66-67
  • Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain - Fact and Folklore George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. 1993 ISBN 0-297-83196-8 p. 116

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Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 21.4 "  N , 3 ° 6 ′ 25.5"  W.