MONUMENT NO. 443709

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The remains of a Bronze Age stone circle situated on level ground overlooking the valley of the North Teign River and Whitemoor Marsh. The stone circle measures 24.8 metres in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs standing up to 0.76 metres high. A further 12 recumbent stones lie where they have fallen. Scheduled.

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(SX 64948847) Stone Circle (NR). (1)

Buttern Hill or Throwleigh stone circle is remarkable for
occupying a position on low ground, near the bottom of a
shallow valley west of Buttern Hill - a situation which argues
against the "sacred" idea. Five stones are still standing, the
tallest being 28 inches high with a curious though natural shape.
There are nineteen fallen stones, the longest being 6 feet 9 inches;
there are also 'triggers' giving a clear indication of the
position formerly occupied by five stones now lost. The nearest
equivalent true circle would have a diameter of 81 feet.
R N Worth mentions the remains of a small cairn five or six
yards in from the southern edge. (2-3)

Nothing visible on air photographs. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1965

( 2) Devonshire Association reports and transactions

26 (1894) Page(s)303-4

( 3) Devonshire Association reports and transactions

64 (1932) Page(s)282-3

( 4) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

(RAF/CPE/UK/2491 4344-5;11-MAR-1948)

(5) Scheduled Monument Notification

21-JAN-1999

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