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Down Ridge stone circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located on Dartmoor near Forest Inn in Devon. The circle comprises a ring of standing stones of varying heights arranged in a roughly circular plan, typical of the ceremonial monuments constructed during the second millennium before the present. Two outlying standing stones are positioned approximately 570 metres and 650 metres to the south of the main circle, a feature found at several Dartmoor stone circles where satellite stones may have served calendrical, territorial, or ritual functions. The monument remains an important surviving example of Bronze Age stone circle construction on Dartmoor and contributes to understanding of prehistoric ceremonial practices in south-western Britain.
Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019218. View the official record →
Down Ridge stone circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located on Dartmoor near Forest Inn in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019218.
Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn 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 1019218.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn near summit of Brent Fore Hill (9.9 km), Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown (10 km), Enclosure on Stalldown (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.