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Monument Number 216086

Hob Uid: 216086
Location :
Wiltshire
All Cannings
Grid Ref : SU0794064250
Summary : A circular arrangement of eight small stones around a larger central stone, plus two outliers, located in the bottom of a steep-sided valley near a supposed `donkey' hill figure. It is probably a modern arrangement of field clearance boulders rather than a prehistoric monument. Little is know about the Donkey and its existance is questions. In 1964 the figure is said to have been overgrown and the legs had disappeared. It was about 75 feet long from nose to tail, with a large head justifying its classification as a donkey. There are no written records for the cutting of the figure.
More information : A circular enclosure, situated near a stone circle, which
has been sited by Mrs K E Wiltshire "just below" the turf cutting of
a donkey, on the side of Rybury Hill, is visible on photograph. (1)

SU 07946425 A group of eight stones arranged in a rough circle around
a larger central stone with two outliers to the SW. The circle is
approximately 15.0m diameter and is situated in the bottom of a
narrow steep sided valley.

The situation and the relatively small size of the stones, averaging
less than one metre cube, suggests that this is a modern arrangement
of field clearance boulders.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Neither the circular enclosure nor the "donkey" can be located, but
these are possibly references to Rybury Camp, (SU 06 SE 14) and the
hill figure of a horse some two Kms to the E. (2)

None of the features described by the previous authorities, including
the donkey, were visible on the available aerial photographs
consulted during the course of a survey. (3)


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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Photograph (K E Wiltshire All Cannings Dec 1963)
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Source details : Letter (K E Wiltshire 27.1.65)
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Source details : F1 MHB 30-OCT-73
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Source details : Helen Winton/17-SEP-1997/RCHME: Avebury World Heriateg Site Mapping Project
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Page(s) : 88-9
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Vol(s) : 12

Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Stone Circle, Hill Figure
Evidence : Structure, Conjectural Evidence
Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Recorded in 1964
Monument End Date : 1964
Monument Start Date : 1964
Monument Type : Hill Figure
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 06 SE 37
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-10-30
End Date : 1973-10-30
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01