SCORHILL CIRCLE

ALTERNATIVE NAME:

GIDLEIGH CIRCLE, SCORHILL STONE CIRCLE

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The remains of a Bronze Age stone circle visible as 23 granite standing stones up to 2.25m high and a further 11 recumbent stones. The circle is 27m in diameter. The tallest stone is 8 feet 2 inches above ground and the smallest is 2 feet 8 inches and were close-set, 2-3 feet apart. Although previously named 'Gidleigh Circle' it is now commonly called 'Scorhill Circle'. It is a Scheduled Monument.

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(SX 65468738) Scorhill Circle (NAT) Stone Circle (NR). (1)

Scorhill Circle, a free standing stone circle, 88 feet in
diameter, consisting of 23 standing stones and 7 fallen stones,
probably early Bronze Age. The tallest stone is 8 feet 2 inches
above ground and the smallest is 2 feet 8 inches and were
close-set, 2-3 feet apart. (2)

Although previously named 'Gidleigh Circle' (a). it is now
commonly called 'Scorhill Circle'. The feature is in a generally
good condition, and as described by Authority (2), but having
an additional fallen stone in the NW quadrant.

Stone circle revised at 1:2500, and annotations to Hansford
Worth's plan. (3)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1963

( 2) compiled from the published works of the late R Hansford Worth, and edited by G M Spooner and F S Russell 1967 Worth's Dartmoor

Page(s)248-254

( 3a) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" (Revision of 1904)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JWS 09-JUL-74

( 4) Scheduled Monument Notification

04-FEB-1999

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