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Fernworthy Circle is a Bronze Age ceremonial and burial monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising a stone circle with associated linear stone alignments and cairns. The circle itself consists of standing stones arranged in a roughly circular pattern, typical of Bronze Age ritual sites in the South West, and is positioned approximately 425 to 525 metres north-west of Sandeman Bridge. The accompanying stone alignments and cairns, dispersed across the surrounding moorland, suggest a landscape of ceremonial and funerary significance dating to the second millennium BCE. This grouping exemplifies the concentrated ritual activity characteristic of Bronze Age Dartmoor, where stone circles frequently occur in association with barrow cemeteries and linear monuments that may have served processional or territorial functions.
A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017984. View the official record →
Fernworthy Circle is a Bronze Age ceremonial and burial monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising a stone circle with associated linear stone alignments and cairns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017984.
A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017984.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two double stone alignments, cairn and standing stone 700m south west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.7 km), Irregular aggregate field system and stone hut circle 755m north east of Dunnabridge Pound Farm (8.9 km), Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby Ring (9.2 km).
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A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.