Brisworthy Stone Circle
The Brisworthy Stone Circle is a stone circle northeast of the hamlet of Brisworthy, near Yelverton , on Dartmoor in south Devon in England . It is located about 100 meters south of the stone row and the stone circle of Ringmoor in the upper Plym valley.
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The stone circle from the Bronze Age is oval and has an average diameter of about 25.5 m. It consists of 24 preserved stones of about 42 originally. The stones are graded from south to north, the highest being in the north and being 1.1 m high. The district was destroyed at the beginning of the 20th century and was reconstructed in 1909. There were only three stones left. The re-erection was carried out by the Reverent Breton and Richard Worth, who believed that the stones had been placed fairly accurately.
A test excavation is said to have revealed a small amount of charcoal and a coarse flint cut . Aubrey Burl points out that similar deposits were also found in the Dartmoor Counties of Fernworthy and the Gray Wethers .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '17.8 " N , 4 ° 1' 26.8" W.