MONUMENT NO. 443694

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The remains of a Bronze Age stone circle comprising approximately 19 stones.

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(SX 63278961) Stone Circle (NR). (1)

A stone circle, 65 feet in diameter and originally consisting
of 19 stones is on Whitemoorstone Down, about a mile south
of Cosdon. One stone is now missing and four have been broken
off. There is a distinct gap in the continuation; the stone
on the east side of the gap and the largest stone in the
circle are in due line north and south and point south to
the White Moorstone (SX 68 NW 6) some quarter of a mile distant. (2-3)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1965

( 2) Devonshire Association reports and transactions

28, 1896 Page(s)181-2

( 3) Aerial photograph

RAF/3G/TUD/UK 138 5460-1 11.4.1946

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