Fernworthy Stone Circle
The stone circle of Fernworthy (also known Froggymead), stands in a clearing in Fernworthy Forest about half a mile west of the Fernworthy reservoir in Dartmoor in Devon in England . Studied by Burnard in 1897, Fernworthy Circle is part of a group of ceremonial monuments, including three rows of stones and five cairns, which may have rivaled Merrivale and Shovel Down as centers of ceremony.
The 27 stones made of gray granite form a circle 19.2 m in diameter. The stones are graded in height. In the south, where the tallest are, they are about 1.1 m high. Two of them, roughly where the avenue meets the circle, are very small. Fragmentary double rows of low stones form avenues that run to the north and south without any clear reference to the circle. The avenues and the cairns or stone boxes that lie at their ends or in their vicinity are often barely recognizable in the forest today.
Fernworthy was excavated in 1897 and charcoal was found scattered across the county.
In the southeast of the circle is another cairn, which has the remains of a wall and about half a dozen curbs. Knives made of bronze and flint , a mug and a slate button were found in this cairn . Nearby is the Gray Wethers double circle .
literature
- A. Burl: A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany . London 2005.
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. and picture
- The stone box in the stone circle - picture
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 28.3 " N , 3 ° 54 ′ 13.5" W.