Duloe stone circle
The Duloe stone circle is located near the village of Duloe, about 8.0 km from Looe in southeast Cornwall in England .
The oval stone circle of about 11.9 by 10.7 m consists of eight white quartzite stones . Its original size is unknown as it was moved in 1861 when two stones broke. The stones, which vary in height, have a maximum height of 2.65 meters with a weight of more than 12 tons in the south. A Bronze Age urn full of bones that was found under one of the stones was reportedly smashed.
literature
- William Copeland Borlase: Naenia Cornubiae: the cromlechs and tumuli of Cornwall. Llanerch 1872. ISBN 978-1-897853-36-8 .
- William C. Lukis: The Prehistoric Stone Monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries 1884.
- Aubrey Burl: A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. 2005 p. 32ff. ISBN 978-0-300-11406-5 .
Web links
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Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '52.8 " N , 4 ° 29' 5.2" W.