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Priddy Circle 3
Hob Uid: 1041421
Location : Somerset Mendip Priddy
Grid Ref : ST5409053020
Summary : A circular earthwork enclosure, one of the four so-called Priddy Circles (see ST 55 SW 4). The enclosure measures up to 190 metres across and is defined by an earthwork bank up to 1 metre high and seven metres wide, with an external ditch up to 1 metre deep and 5 metres wide. There are four gaps in the circuit. That to the south-south-west is considered an original entrance feature, perhaps partly because it directly faces the north-north-west entrance of Priddy 2 (ST 55 SW 125). No dating evidence has ever been recovered from any of the Priddy Circles. External ditches notwithstanding, they are generally regarded as probable henges.
More information : Priddy Circle no. 3. ST 54095302. Henge. (1) Priddy Circles (see ST 55 SW 4) were drawn onto the Ordnance Survey provisional 6" for 1961 and surveyed by field investigators in 1966. See AO/LP/63/207 - plan of three of the circles. Scheduled. Published survey (1:2500) correct. (2-5) Priddy Circle 3. ST 541531. Sub-circular earthwork enclosure, much disturbed by mining. Bank inside ditch, one original entrance. Internal diameter c 152.4m, external diameter c 178m. Comment: insufficient information available, but unlikely to belong to the henge class. (6)

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Source details : Ordnance Survey 6" (Provisional) 1961
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Source details : Taylor, C and EK Tratman. The Priddy Circles. Preliminary Report.
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Vol(s) : 8, 1956

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Vol(s) : 9, 1960-1

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Source details : Ministry of Works. 1961. Ancient Monuments in England and Wales p 81
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 J Palmer 17/06/1966
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Site 169
Page(s) : 267-8
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 31/01/1997
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Tratman, EK. The Priddy Circles, Mendip, Somerset. Henge Monuments.
Page(s) : 97-125
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Vol(s) : 11, 1965-6

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Henge
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Circular Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SO 119
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : AV 37
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 29037
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 55 SW 126
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Relationship type : General association

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Priddy Circle 3