Stone circle Stripple stones

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Stripple stones from 1906

The hen-like stone circle Stripple stones (also called Stripple stones circle or Stripple stones henge ) is located northeast of Blisland in Bodmin Moor , 1.3 km to the west are the Trippet stones in Cornwall , England .

The stone circle is surrounded by a moat and a wall with a palisade , which form a platform with a diameter of about 53.0 m. The circle with four standing and 11 fallen granite stones is about 44.3 m in diameter. Near the center of the circle is a broken menhir about 3.7 m long and 1.5 m wide . William Lukis calculates that 37 stones with an average distance of 3.7 m formed the circle, while Aubrey Burl assumes 28.

The circle was described by William Lukis (1817-1892) as "the most interesting and notable monument in the county". The Stripple stones were excavated in 1905 by Harold St George Gray (1872–1963). St George Gray noted that the stones had been set only about four feet into the ground. Four post holes were found surrounding the central stone. In the trench he found burned flint , three chips, a cattle bone and charcoal. He discovered an access towards the Trippet stones in the southwest.

The wall surrounding the circle has three semicircular bulges in the north-west, north-east and east. The fourth in the south is completely destroyed. Aubrey Burl suggested that the bulges point to cosmic reference points as seen from the upright central stone. He thinks the post holes are for attempts to make more accurate references.

There are several stone circles on Bodmin Moor including Fernacre , Stannon , the Trippet stones and The Hurlers .

literature

  • Aubrey Burl: A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-300-11406-5 .
  • Robin Payne: The Romance of the Stones. Alexander Associates, Fowey 1999, ISBN 1-899526-21-8 .
  • Ian McNeil Cooke: Standing Stones of the Land's End. An inquiry into their function. Men-an-Tol Studio, Cornwall 1998, ISBN 0-9512371-9-5 .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 49.6 "  N , 4 ° 37 ′ 18.4"  W.