Scorhill Stone Circle
The Bronze Age stone circle of Scorhill (pronounced Scorill; also called Gidleigh or Steep Hill Stone Circle) is located southwest of Gidleigh, above and not far from the North Teign (river) near the confluence of its tributary Wallabrook. Considered by far the finest example of its kind in Devonshire , it is the only stone circle on Dartmoor in England that has not been restored.
As early as the 19th century antiquarians gave different information about the number of stones that had fallen and the number that was required to complete the stone circle. It is currently assumed that there are 23 standing and 11 lying menhirs . The estimates of the number of stones in the formerly complete circle vary between 60 and 70. The stone circle is around 27 m in diameter. Its stones are between 0.85 and 2.5 m high (the pointed shark tooth). Several stones show evidence of vandalism, including rows of holes to split the stones with a wedge .
literature
- Aubrey Burl: The stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany . Yale University Press 2000, ISBN 0-300-08347-5 .
- Robin Payne: The Romance of the Stones . Alexander Associates, Fowey 1999, ISBN 1-899526-21-8 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 14.1 ″ N , 3 ° 54 ′ 19 ″ W.